Gerhard Richter: Drawings: 1964-1999
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Individual Artists
Gerhard Richter: Drawings: 1964-1999 Details
This catalogue raisonne of Gerhard Richter's drawings encompasses all of his works in pencil, india ink, ballpoint pen, and other drawing media, on both paper and canvas since 1964. Whereas Richter's early drawings were oriented towards pure illustration, beginning in 1967, he began to use projected photographs as his point of departure. In addition to including many studies and working sketches for paintings, this book also contains preliminary works that Richter later came to consider as finished drawings in their own right. This comprehensive examination presents more than 400 drawings, each with descriptive captions and background text, as well as essays by Dieter Schwarz and Birgit Pelzer that investigate this crucial component of one of the 20th century's most celebrated artist.
Reviews
Many of these drawings appear to be very simple sketches and they are. If you want tight realism, very detailed finished drawings and/or illustrations, this is not the book for you. If you greatly admire Richters abstracts and his strength of line and composition, you will love this book. If you admire Richters sense of tension, texture and artistic courage in his abstract work, you will love this book. A great book for an art student, drawing teacher, and a fan of Gerhard Richter's immense talent and artistic versatility.
