Gerhard Richter: Drawings: 1964-1999

by Gerhard Richter (Artist), Birgit Pelzer

Edited by Dieter Schwarz. Essays by Dieter Schwarz and Birgit Pelzer. 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 the point of departure for his drawings. In addition to including many studies and working sketches for paintings, this book also contain some preliminary works that Richter came to consider as finished drawings in their own right. This comprehensive survey 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 painters.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction.