G.A.2 (21.1.84)
Gerhard Richter
German, born 1932
1984
A small abstract work on paper in colored ink, watercolor, pencil, and crayon in which Richter experiments with layered washes, scribbled lines, and accidental marks to probe color and gesture.
At eye level you’re first stopped by swollen, fluorescent-green and yellow washes that seem to flow across the sheet, punctuated by darker green knots, rusty orange flecks and fine, looping pencil lines that score the surface like a music staff in motion.
This intimate drawing-condensed experiment exemplifies Richter’s late-20th-century project of balancing control and chance—using pouring, staining, and drawing together—to rethink painting’s surface and influence a generation of process-driven abstraction.
Medium
Colored ink, watercolor, pencil, and crayon on paper
Dimensions
5 7/8 x 8 1/4" (15 x 21 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Accession
49.1985.2
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