Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 05./06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000309
Lot 125000309 
125000309
Rupprecht Geiger
OE 241/57, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,400 - 69,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
OE 241/57. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with the dimensions on the reverse of the stretcher. 100 x 90 cm (39.3 x 35.4 in). [AW].
• An early painting with a powerful color modulation, inspiring viewers with its dynamic oscillation between different color values.
• Exhibited in the major Geiger retrospective at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 1985 and in the Geiger exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 1988.
• On the international auction market for the first time.
• The paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Rupprecht Geiger Collection, Munich (until at least 1985).
Private collection South Germany.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger, Retrospective, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10–March 17, 1985; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, April 14–June 2, 1975; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, June 21–July 21, 1985, cat. no. 62 Rhein, April 14–June 2, 1975; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, June 21–July 21, 1985, cat. no. 62 (illustrated in color on p. 62).
Rupprecht Geiger, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst im Haus der Kunst, Munich, March 30–May 8, 1988, cat. no. 48 (illustrated in color).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objkete, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 241 (illustrated in color on p. 85).
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with the dimensions on the reverse of the stretcher. 100 x 90 cm (39.3 x 35.4 in). [AW].
• An early painting with a powerful color modulation, inspiring viewers with its dynamic oscillation between different color values.
• Exhibited in the major Geiger retrospective at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 1985 and in the Geiger exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 1988.
• On the international auction market for the first time.
• The paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Rupprecht Geiger Collection, Munich (until at least 1985).
Private collection South Germany.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger, Retrospective, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10–March 17, 1985; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, April 14–June 2, 1975; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, June 21–July 21, 1985, cat. no. 62 Rhein, April 14–June 2, 1975; Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, June 21–July 21, 1985, cat. no. 62 (illustrated in color on p. 62).
Rupprecht Geiger, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst im Haus der Kunst, Munich, March 30–May 8, 1988, cat. no. 48 (illustrated in color).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objkete, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 241 (illustrated in color on p. 85).
125000309
Rupprecht Geiger
OE 241/57, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,400 - 69,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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