Modern and Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Richter, Gerhard Blattecke. 2015. Offset print in grey and ivory on card. 25.4 x 19.1 cm. Inscribed on the reverse. A magnificent print featuring a full-format depiction. Cf. Wvz. Butin, 11. – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, A 2016/9264. – This edition is taken from the Kunsthaus Lempertz chronicle: Closely associated with the Kunsthaus, Richter recently reprinted the famous ‘Blattecke’: in 2015, alongside two further prints by Gerhard Marcks and HAP Grieshaber, it was included in the Kunsthaus chronicle, which was published in an edition of 3,000. - Richter’s *Blattecke* condenses, in minimalist form, central questions of his oeuvre concerning perception, illusion and pictorial reality. The painted corner, which appears to be turned up, creates a trompe-l’œil effect that oscillates between a real object and a painterly construction. In its precise, reduced execution, the work unfolds a quiet yet unsettling presence. It moves along the boundary between representation and abstraction and defies a single, unambiguous interpretation. As a self-reflexive commentary, *Blattecke* addresses the image both as a physical object and as an illusion. Offset print in grey and ivory on card. Typographically inscribed on the reverse. A magnificent print featuring a full-format image. See Wvz. Butin, 11. – Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, A 2016/9264. - This edition originates from the Kunsthaus Lempertz chronicle: Closely associated with the Kunsthaus, Richter recently reprinted the famous ‘Blattecke’: In 2015, alongside two further prints by Gerhard Marcks and HAP Grieshaber, it was included in the Kunsthaus chronicle, which was published in an edition of 3,000. - Richter’s ‘Blattecke’ condenses, in minimalist form, central questions of his oeuvre concerning perception, illusion and pictorial reality. The painted, seemingly upturned corner creates a trompe-l’œil effect that oscillates between a real object and a pictorial construction. In its precise, pared-back execution, the work exudes a quiet yet unsettling presence. It navigates the boundary between representation and abstraction and defies a clear interpretation. As a self-reflexive commentary, *Blattecke* addresses the image both as a physical object and as an illusion.