Gallery
Synthesis Period
The decade of the 1980s

Father Forest, 1980
Acrylic on canvas, 10 × 12.5 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.
Painted for the artist’s grandnephew.

After Modigliani, 1980
Acrylic on canvas. Framed by the artist.
Commissioned by his youngest sister after a Modigliani on public view. Not signed except for a faux signature mimicking the original.

Nancy the Weightlifter, 1980
Acrylic on canvas, 25 × 30.6 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.
Affectionately titled by the artist’s family in the early 1980s.

Osaka, 1981
India ink on paper, 16 × 22 inches unframed. Not signed. Framed by the James A. Richter Art Foundation.

Untitled, 1981
Acrylic on masonite, 31 × 26 inches. Not signed. Framed by the artist.

Lower West Side, 1981
Acrylic on canvas, 31.5 × 25 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.
Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Provincetown, 1981
Acrylic on canvas, 31 × 36 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.
Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Untitled, 1982
Acrylic on canvas, 27 × 23 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.

Brooklyn Bridge, 1982
Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 30.5 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.
Considered by the Foundation to be among the artist’s best works.

Catskill Scene, 1982
Acrylic on canvas, 31 × 26 inches. Signed. Framed by the artist.
Perhaps Richter’s final work.