Gerhard Richter: Drawings and Other Works on Paper at the Louvre museum

From his early Elbe monotypes in 1957 (landscapes executed in black ink) and his Halifax series of tiny abstract pencil drawings beginning in 1978 to his  November series of ink drawings in 2008, this exhibition at the Louvre explores, for the very first time in France, the full range of Richter’s works on paper.

Through monotypes, works using ink, pencil or watercolors, between accidental spills and drips of colors, gray or black monochrome prints, and the spontaneity of a sharp-edged, scratched or rubbed-out line, this exhibition traces Richter’s very singular approach to drawing. In its principles, this approach represents a perfect antithesis, far removed from the standard run of characteristics attributed to drawings.