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Self-portrait by Gerhard Richter

Self-portrait

Gerhard Richter · 1938

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Artist
Gerhard Richter
Date
1938
Location
Hungarian National Gallery
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THE ARTIST

Gerhard Richter

1932 · Germany

Richter fled East Germany months before the Berlin Wall went up, then painted both memory and uncertainty.

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