GERHARD RICHTER/ ATLAS VOL.I

Richter began mounting parts of his extensive collection of pictorial material, the pieces that he considered important, on cardboar d in sizes between 50 x 65 and 73.5 x 51.7 cm more than 50 years ago, with the desire of creating order and clarity: private photos, cuttings from newspapers and magazines, sketches, drawings, construction plans, room designs, collages, over-painted photographs as well as draft versions and paintings. Richter soon neglected chronology - his real interest was in iconographical and typological o rder. As...[Read more]