Lot 119 
Raumbeispiel
119
Arnulf Rainer
Body Poses (Übermalung), 1972.
Mixed media over a photograph
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,340 Sold:
€ 30,480 / $ 34,442 (incl. surcharge)
Body Poses (Übermalung). 1972.
Mixed media over a photograph.
Signed in upper right. On smooth firm wove paper. 50.5 x 61 cm (19.8 x 24 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Rainer combines photography with painting: he works over his self-portrait photograph in his characteristic manner.
• The haptically appealing black covers a large part of the picture, while the colorful drawing shimmers from underneath.
• Overpainting is the key principle of Rainer's art, a valuable post-war contribution to European art history.
• Rainer is one of Austria's internationally most acknowledged artists.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Ropac, Salzburg.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991).
Mixed media over a photograph.
Signed in upper right. On smooth firm wove paper. 50.5 x 61 cm (19.8 x 24 in), the full sheet. [CH].
• Rainer combines photography with painting: he works over his self-portrait photograph in his characteristic manner.
• The haptically appealing black covers a large part of the picture, while the colorful drawing shimmers from underneath.
• Overpainting is the key principle of Rainer's art, a valuable post-war contribution to European art history.
• Rainer is one of Austria's internationally most acknowledged artists.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Ropac, Salzburg.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991).
119
Arnulf Rainer
Body Poses (Übermalung), 1972.
Mixed media over a photograph
Estimate:
€ 18,000 / $ 20,340 Sold:
€ 30,480 / $ 34,442 (incl. surcharge)
Headquarters
Joseph-Wild-Str. 18
81829 Munich
Phone: +49 89 55 244-0
Fax: +49 89 55 244-177
info@kettererkunst.de
Louisa von Saucken / Christoph Calaminus
Holstenwall 5
20355 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 37 49 61-0
Fax: +49 40 37 49 61-66
infohamburg@kettererkunst.de
Dr. Simone Wiechers / Nane Schlage
Fasanenstr. 70
10719 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 88 67 53-63
Fax: +49 30 88 67 56-43
infoberlin@kettererkunst.de
Cordula Lichtenberg
Gertrudenstraße 24-28
50667 Cologne
Phone: +49 221 510 908-15
infokoeln@kettererkunst.de
Hessen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Miriam Heß
Phone: +49 62 21 58 80-038
Fax: +49 62 21 58 80-595
infoheidelberg@kettererkunst.de
We will inform you in time.