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An urban silhouette looms indistinctly from the canvas as if seen through a filter of fog: this untitled work from 1970, in which Rudi Tröger restricts himself to a light color palette, appears calm and contemplative. Both the delicate, finely graduated color scheme and flat composition require closer examination in order to identify the faint motif and perceive the wintery roofs. The compositional framework of this piece suggests the artist cast his gaze out of the window: a symbolic image that has been revisited throughout art history, from Caspar David Friedrich to Marcel Duchamp. As a …