G.A.4 (21.1.84)
Gerhard Richter
German, born 1932
1984
A small, energetic abstract on paper in ink, watercolor, pencil, and crayon in which Richter layers washes, splatters, and scribbled lines to let chance and gesture shape the composition.
At first glance you’re struck by a diagonal sweep of cool aqua cutting across a glowing red ground, interrupted by dark blue vertical ‘finger’ marks, acidic yellow loops and restless pencil scratches that together produce a vibrating sense of depth and motion.
Part of Richter’s long inquiry into abstraction, this work compresses his interest in accident versus control—using spilling, scraping and drawn marks as equal partners—and helped broaden late‑20th‑century conversations about process, materiality, and painterly ambiguity.
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
49.1985.4
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