Lot 119 
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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)
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