G.A.3 (21.1.84)
Gerhard Richter
German, born 1932
1984
A small, abstract experiment in colored ink, watercolor, pencil, and crayon in which Gerhard Richter layers fluid washes, bold gestures, and scribbled marks to test the boundary between accident and control.
What strikes you first is a sweeping, luminous red‑orange arc slicing across soft turquoise and yellow washes, its crispness offset by loose graphite scribbles and deep, bleeding ultramarine blots.
The sheet distills Richter’s 1980s turn to process‑based abstraction, making visible how layered color, gesture, and chance can unsettle the idea of a single, fixed image.
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
49.1985.3
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