“I blur things to make everything equally important and equally unimportant. I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.”
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) Zwei Liebespaare signed, titled and dated ’“Zwei Liebespaare” Richter 66’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 45¼ x 63in. (115 x 160cm.) Painted in 1966 Price realised GBP 7,300,500
“I blur things to make everything equally important and equally unimportant. I blur things so that they do not look artistic or craftsmanlike but technological, smooth and perfect. I blur things to make all the parts a closer fit. Perhaps I also blur out the excess of unimportant information.”
Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) Zwei Liebespaare signed, titled and dated ’“Zwei Liebespaare” Richter 66’ (on the reverse) oil on canvas 45¼ x 63in. (115 x 160cm.) Painted in 1966 Price realised GBP 7,300,500
