Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000048
126000048
Rupprecht Geiger
424/65, 1965.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000048
Rupprecht Geiger
424/65, 1965.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 - 60,000
$ 46,000 - 69,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Rupprecht Geiger
1908 - 2009
424/65. 1965.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse side of the canvas. Titled and inscribed with the direction on the stretcher. 137 x 146.5 cm (53.9 x 57.6 in).
[EH].
• A powerfully modulated early painting by Rupprecht Geiger, characterized by vivid colors.
• The paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
• Geiger participated in several documenta exhibitions from 1959 to 1977.
• Red color fields from the 1960s are held in major collections, including the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
We are grateful to Ms. Julia Geiger of the Geiger Archive in Munich for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Münster.
Private collection, Rhineland.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Malerei, Graphitzeichnung, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Aug. 4–Sept. 10, 1967, cat. no. 27, color ill. 11.
Rupprecht Geiger, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, June 16–July 16, 1967 (with a label on the stretcher), cat. no. 28 (with color ill.).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger Society, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (eds.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue Raisonné 1942–2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, CR no. 405 (illustrated in color)
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Lempertz, Cologne, Auction 1135, Contemporary Art, June 1, 2019, Lot 626 (illustrated in color).
"I believe that there is something irrational about color. [..] It can literally radiate light; it reflects light, serving as a reflection of the light that emerges from the darkness and now—through the medium of color—manifests itself in an enhanced form."
Rupprecht Geiger, 1967, quoted from: Exhibition catalog Düsseldorf 1967, p. 35.
1908 - 2009
424/65. 1965.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated on the reverse side of the canvas. Titled and inscribed with the direction on the stretcher. 137 x 146.5 cm (53.9 x 57.6 in).
[EH].
• A powerfully modulated early painting by Rupprecht Geiger, characterized by vivid colors.
• The paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
• Geiger participated in several documenta exhibitions from 1959 to 1977.
• Red color fields from the 1960s are held in major collections, including the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
We are grateful to Ms. Julia Geiger of the Geiger Archive in Munich for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Münster.
Private collection, Rhineland.
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Malerei, Graphitzeichnung, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Aug. 4–Sept. 10, 1967, cat. no. 27, color ill. 11.
Rupprecht Geiger, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, June 16–July 16, 1967 (with a label on the stretcher), cat. no. 28 (with color ill.).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger Society, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (eds.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue Raisonné 1942–2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, CR no. 405 (illustrated in color)
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Lempertz, Cologne, Auction 1135, Contemporary Art, June 1, 2019, Lot 626 (illustrated in color).
"I believe that there is something irrational about color. [..] It can literally radiate light; it reflects light, serving as a reflection of the light that emerges from the darkness and now—through the medium of color—manifests itself in an enhanced form."
Rupprecht Geiger, 1967, quoted from: Exhibition catalog Düsseldorf 1967, p. 35.
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