Berlin interior

1979

Not on view

Starting with several collaged photographs of the interior of the Berlin apartment of the art dealer René Block, Hamilton transferred the images to a plate using photogravure. He then filled in the gaps with various etching processes to solidify the feeling of an interior space. The repetition of the long stick that leans against a corner—actually a 1968 sculpture by Blinky Palermo (1943–1977)—reminds the viewer of the fractured, faceted nature of the image. What looks like a photograph hanging at center (and repeated at right) is instead a painted portrait by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932), further confusing the distinction between the hand-drawn line and the photographed object.

Artwork Details

Title: Berlin interior
Artist: Richard Hamilton (British, London 1922–2011 Oxfordshire)
Date: 1979
Medium: Photogravure, engraving, hard ground etching
roulette, aquatint and burnishing
Edition: 70/100 + 10 artist's proofs
Dimensions: 22 3/8 × 29 3/4 in. (56.9 × 75.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 2000
Object Number: 2000.383
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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