Arnulf Rainer *
(born in Baden near Vienna in 1929)
Untitled, overpainting, signed, dated A. Rainer 59 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany
Self-portrayals
The very dark image, filled with an overwhelming silence, is my ideal. Only the "almost", the "nearly" is possible. But I have made myself at home in this liminal space, I have tried to find clear standards of form and want to experience, formulate, propose this dark heavy silence again and again. I try to find variations, always making new attempts. But the end products are very similar. Of course, one could swap top and bottom, right with left. Everything changes in the course of the work. At the moment, I prefer a free upper left corner. If I am very tired, I only want a little white at the bottom. ...
Arnulf Rainer
From: Arnulf Rainer: Reste, Stuttgart and London 1978
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
01.06.2022 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 76,800.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 50,000.- to EUR 80,000.-
Arnulf Rainer *
(born in Baden near Vienna in 1929)
Untitled, overpainting, signed, dated A. Rainer 59 on the reverse, oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm, framed
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany
Self-portrayals
The very dark image, filled with an overwhelming silence, is my ideal. Only the "almost", the "nearly" is possible. But I have made myself at home in this liminal space, I have tried to find clear standards of form and want to experience, formulate, propose this dark heavy silence again and again. I try to find variations, always making new attempts. But the end products are very similar. Of course, one could swap top and bottom, right with left. Everything changes in the course of the work. At the moment, I prefer a free upper left corner. If I am very tired, I only want a little white at the bottom. ...
Arnulf Rainer
From: Arnulf Rainer: Reste, Stuttgart and London 1978
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 01.06.2022 - 17:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 21.05. - 01.06.2022 |
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