Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer 1929 - 2025 Übermalung. 1959/1961. Oil over wax crayon on Rollo canvas. Signed and twice inscribed (partly illegible) 2/180 on the reverse. 70 x 50 cm (27.5 x 19.6 in). [EH]. • Arnulf Rainer is one of the most important artists of the Austrian avant-garde after 1945. • An extremely early overpainting from the 1950s—as characteristic of the artist as it is magnificent—in which the black monochrome covers nearly the entire picture surface. • Through the materiality of the paint, applied layer by layer to the canvas with gestural brushstrokes, Arnulf Rainer creates a mysterious internal structure. • In 1962, the work was part of the artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Austria. EXHIBITION: Arnulf Rainer, Minami Gallery, Tokyo, 1962, with illustration. Arnulf Rainer. Werke 1948–2003, Retrospektive zum 75. Geburtstag, Galerie Elisabeth und Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, 2004, illustration on p. 13. Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 17.14 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:£58,403.24

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