Description
Gerhard Richter (German, b. 1932) - 'Familie Ruhnau' Pigment Print, Framed. Pigment print on heavy art paper. Housed under non glare acrylic in a new white metal gallery frame. in excellent condition. Size: 23"W x 15.5"H Richter created various painting pictures from black-and-white photographs during the 1960s & early 1970s, basing them on a variety of sources: newspapers & books, sometimes incorporating their captions, (as in Helga Matura (1966)); private snapshots; aerial views of towns & mountains, (Cityscape Madrid (1968) & Alps (1968)); seascapes (1969-70); & a large multipart work made for the German Pavilion in the 1972 Venice Biennale. For Forty-eight Portraits (1971-72), he chose mainly the faces of composers such as Gustav Mahler & Jean Sibelius, & of writers such as H. G. Wells & Franz Kafka. Gerhard Richter | German, B. 1932 - "Familie Ruhnau' Pigment Print, Framed
