Berlin Interieur, 1979

For this edition, Richard Hamilton began with several collaged photographs of the interior of art dealer René Block’s Berlin apartment before transferring the images to a plate using photogravure. He then filled in the gaps with various etching techniques to enhance the sense of an interior space. The repeated image of a long stick leaning against a corner – actually a 1968 sculpture by Blinky Palermo – serves as a reminder of the fractured, multifaceted nature of the composition. What appears to be a photograph hanging at the center (and repeated to the right) is actually a painted portrait by Gerhard Richter, further confusing the distinction between the hand-drawn line and the photographic object.