Not only is Monstein an object of sublime beauty, it also belongs to a group of works that became one of the cornerstones of Richter's career, as Elger concludes, «Richter's landscapes
occupy an
important position within his output and there is no other genre to which he has devoted himself with
such intensity and endurance» (D. Elger, «Landscape as Model,» in Gerhard Richter: Landscapes, exh.