Sale: 591 / Day Sale, June 07. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000138
Lot 125000138 
125000138
Rupprecht Geiger
568/69, 1969.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 43,200 - 64,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
568/69. 1969.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the stretcher. 150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in). [AW].
• In the present work, Geiger elevates the circle to a meditative color space.
• In keeping with Geiger's understanding of art, the weightless circle intensifies to become a source of energy.
• By applying the paint with an airbrush, the pigments appear to shimmer and vibrate.
• Rupprecht Geiger's paintings can be found in numerous important collections, including the National Gallery in Berlin, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, and the Lenbachhaus in Munich.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity isssued by the Geiger Archive, Munich, on April 24, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Müller, Stuttgart.
Dr. Rolf H. Krauss Collection, Stuttgart.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
LITERATURE: Rupprecht Geiger Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942–2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, cat. no. 544.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the stretcher. 150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 in). [AW].
• In the present work, Geiger elevates the circle to a meditative color space.
• In keeping with Geiger's understanding of art, the weightless circle intensifies to become a source of energy.
• By applying the paint with an airbrush, the pigments appear to shimmer and vibrate.
• Rupprecht Geiger's paintings can be found in numerous important collections, including the National Gallery in Berlin, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, and the Lenbachhaus in Munich.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity isssued by the Geiger Archive, Munich, on April 24, 2025.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Müller, Stuttgart.
Dr. Rolf H. Krauss Collection, Stuttgart.
Private collection, Baden-Württemberg.
LITERATURE: Rupprecht Geiger Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942–2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, cat. no. 544.
125000138
Rupprecht Geiger
568/69, 1969.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 43,200 - 64,800
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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