Sale: 429 / Post War / Contemporary Art, Dec. 04./05. 2015 in Munich Lot 929

 

929
Rupprecht Geiger
496/68, 1968.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 42,800
Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,150

(incl. surcharge)
496/68. 1968.
Acrylic on canvas.
Dornacher/Geiger 471. 150.3 x 150.3 cm (59.1 x 59.1 in).
This painting by Rupprecht Geiger was awarded with the Burda-Kunstpreis in 1968.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

EXHIBITION: Große Kunstausstellung München, Haus der Kunst, 13 June - 29 September, 1968, cat. no. 200 (with exhibition label on stretcher as well as with an exhibition card signed by the artist).

Rupprecht Geiger is one of the most important representatives of color field painting in Germany. Geiger finds his way to abstraction in the late 1940s. While the compositions of the 1950s and early 1960s are still composed by differentiated blue and red tones and dominated by each circular and rectangular forms, the reduction and concentration of color and form reach their peak in the late 1960s. From now on the circle as symbol of concentration is at the heart of Geiger's work. Trough the increased use of luminescent colors without claiming any reference to nature and thereby the world of figuration, the circle grows into a meditative color space. As an especially characteristic example of this artistic period, in the present painting Geiger builds a compressed circular form by using a gentle green color and modulates a hardly perceivable color gradient filled with soft movement. On one hand, the green form which seems to be floating nearly weightless over the picture surface becomes a symbol of peace, on the other hand it turns into a power source which fuels the viewer with positive energy.



929
Rupprecht Geiger
496/68, 1968.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 42,800
Sold:
€ 45,000 / $ 48,150

(incl. surcharge)