10.8.2023
2023
Dated to August 10, 2023, this work on paper continues Richter's prolific late-career drawing practice, which he has described as a form of free exploration unconstrained by the demands of large-scale painting. The colored ink and pencil combination produces layered surfaces that recall his broader interest in how different media interact and resist one another. The chronological titling system reinforces the series' character as an ongoing record of thought and sensation. This drawing exemplifies how Richter uses modest materials to engage profound questions about perception, time, and artistic identity.
- Medium
- Colored ink and pencil on paper
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Inventory: RICGE1079
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Cy Twombly
American · b. 1928
Twombly's works on paper combine pencil and ink in gestural, exploratory mark making that shares Richter's interest in layered surfaces and chromatic abstraction. His chronological series of drawings similarly treat paper as a daily record of sensation and thought rather than a finished compositional object.
Brice Marden
American · b. 1938
Marden's late ink and pencil drawings on paper feature gestural line work built through layered chromatic passages that closely parallel Richter's colored ink and pencil practice. Both artists share a perceptual inquiry into how media interact on a surface, producing abstract drawing that feels simultaneously systematic and freely exploratory.
Günther Förg
German · b. 1952
Förg produced prolific series of gestural works on paper combining ink and pencil with vibrant chromatic abstraction rooted in a German expressionist sensibility that aligns closely with this Richter drawing. His practice of treating works on paper as an ongoing exploratory record rather than preparatory studies mirrors the serial, dated quality of Richter's late drawing output.
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