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Cage f.ff V - Signed Print by Gerhard Richter 2015 - MyArtBroker

Cage f.ff V
Signed Print

Gerhard Richter

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Medium: Lithograph

Edition size: 30

Year: 2015

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Meaning & Analysis

In this print, we are party to a detail from one of 6 so-called Cage paintings, created by Richter in 2006. Like its cousins, Cage f.ff I, Cage f.ff II and Cage f.ff III, the work is dynamic and imbued with a sense of the lengthy, serendipitous process that feeds into its creation.

By the early 1970s, Richter began to feel much more at ease with painting, constantly being sure to wrestle the practice - and its productive outcomes - from the grapples of traditionalism. In 1972, Richter painted the acclaimed 48 Portraits (1972) series, which was first exhibited at the 1972 Venice Biennale. Comprising 48 individual portraits of influential men, including Franz Kafka, Albert Einstein, Tchaikovsky, Oscar Wilde, and Thomas Mann, the series is a standout example of Richter’s prowess as a realist painter in this period. In the same year, however, Richter began to experiment more liberally with abstraction, creating a series of grey, monochrome works and later his Vermalung - or ‘inpaintings’ - such as Vermalung (grau) (1972). With deconstruction at their heart, these works started off as realist depictions of a scene; subsequently embellished and obfuscated, such works would ultimately become disconnected from their realist subjects - as in Jungle Picture (1971). By 1976, Richter introduced colour into his abstract works for the first time.

  • Hailing from Germany, Gerhard Richter has not been confined to one visual style. A testament to versatility and artistic diversity, Richter's work spans from photorealism to abstraction and conceptual art, and his portfolio is rich in varied media. From creating bold canvases to working on glass to distort the lines between wall-based art and sculpture, Richter has honed in on the blur technique to impart an ambiguity on his creations. To this day, Richter is one of the most recognised artists of the 20th century with his art having been presented in exhibitions worldwide. His global impact underscores his legacy as a trailblazer of artistic exploration.