3.11.85

Maker

Gerhard Richter (artist)
born 1932

Title

3.11.85

Date of Production

1985

Medium

watercolour and oil paint on paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.9 cm
Width: 33.7 cm

Accession Number

LD.2020.HK.10

Mode of Acquisition

Karshan Collection, long-term loan, 2020

Credit

Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London

Copyright

Location

Not currently on display

Label Text

Gerhard Richter experimented with watercolour extensively during the 1980s. In this work, he explored layering different colours and brushstrokes to produce a complex visual effect. He introduced oil paint in certain areas to create a contrast between solid colour and the transparency of watercolour. The result is a mysterious abstract landscape. The interplay of the layers is not always harmonious, and the work has a deliberately unsettling quality.

Provenance

probably purchased from the artist by Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich; purchased there by Howard Karshan (1933-2017); Promised gift by Linda Karshan in memory of her husband, Howard Karshan. On long-term loan to The Courtauld Gallery, London.

Exhibition History

Modern Drawings: The Karshan Gift, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 19/11/2021-09/01/2022

Gerhard Richter: Werken op papier, 1983-1986, Museum Overholland, Amsterdam, 20/02/1987-20/04/1987

Literature

Modern Drawings: The Karshan Gift, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 20 Nov. 2021 - 9 Jan. 2022
cat. no. 24
Fig. p. p. 111

Gerhard Richter: Werken op papier, 1983-1986, Museum Overholland, Amsterdam, 1987
Fig. p. repr.

Hage, Joe, Official website of Gerhard Richter, https://gerhard-richter.com/en/art/oils-on-paper/31185-14635?&p=2&sp=32&tab=exhibitions-tabs
included in catalogue raisonné

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