Silkscreen in colors. Signed. Verso stamped “Gerhard Richter (1969) ‘Schweizer Alpen’ A1 A2 B1 B2 B3,” “A1” circled in pencil. One of 300 copies. On light cardboard. 69.4 x 69.4 cm. , the full sheet.
Motif A1. Sheet 1 of a series of five silkscreen prints based on the painting of the same name from 1969 (CR no. of the paintings: 224/1-5), which in turn are based on photographs taken by Richter from the airplane window during a trip to Milan in 1968. Printed by Hans H. Hotze, Essen. Published by the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg. [MH].
- This motif, based on photographs by Gerhard Richter, is exemplary of his view of landscape. - The depiction of the Swiss Alps in an almost abstract form creates a tension between natural representation and artistic interpretation. - From October 2025 to March 2026, the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris hosts a major retrospective on Gerhard Richter.
LITERATURE: Hubertus Butin, Gerhard Richter. Editionen 1965-2013, Cologne 2014, CR no. 20 (illu., different copy).

Private collection (since around 1969)