Art (1945-contemporary) > Figurative Painting (70s - contemporary) Gerhard Richter - Biography

Gerhard Richter
1932
Teydelandschaft. 1971.
Offset in colors.
Signed, dated, and inscribed “Druckprobe” (proof). Copy outside the edition of 150 copies. On lightweight machine-made cardboard. 33.5 x 47.8 cm (13.1 x 18.8 in). Sheet: 48 x 62 cm (18,8 x 24,4 in).
Printed by F.W. Rhoden, Essen, and published by the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (annual gift). [AH].
• Based on a photograph of the Teide crater on Tenerife, taken in 1969.
• Subtly atmospheric: Richter’s minimalist visual language creates an evocative interplay of colors.
• In 1971, Richter also explored the “Teyde landscape” in several oil paintings.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg (acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-2013, Cologne 2014, CR no. 41 (illustrated, different copy).
Good overall condition, slightly browned overall, with some irregularities along the edges of the pages. A few tiny brown spots, a few fine, superficial scuff marks, and very few irregularities caused by the printing process.
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