Gerhard Richer is a German painter who originally trained in a realist style and later developed an appreciation to the more progressive work of his American and European contemporaries. 
Richer often uses photographs to then work over, he even uses photographs from his own family albums to then 'over paint'.

This print by Gerhard Richer is called "Kerze II" (1932)  kerze translating to candle.
It is an offset lithograph in colours and painted over with black oil paints. 


Me being clueless in what message Richer is trying to get across by his over painting techniques, I am a fan of all his art works. 
This print makes me think of darkness taking over the light. As the candle only has one little flame that lights up, all this ink and paint can easily put it out. 
The patterns of the ink and paint seem to resemble a scenery or could possibly have no subject matter at all.
There isn't much else I can say about this print apart from stating that I like the effect if creates, first your eye concentrates on the ink and paint and you assume it's a mess but as you look it starts to take on a pattern and make more sense, it is not until later on that you realise the candle, which is ironic as the candle is meant to set off a bright light.