Ohne Titel (Maske architektur). 1968.
Color Oil crayon on transparent acetate foil in front of white paper.
Foil signed and dated in upper right, titled "Maske architektur" [sic] on the reverse of the white paper. 30 x 42 cm (11.8 x 16.5 in).

• Arnulf Rainer is one of the most important contemporary artists in Austria.
• At the end of the 1960s, he also made offset lithographs based on drawings on transparent acetate foil.
• Black overpainting of his own drawing.
• The overpainting is still considered the central principle in Rainer's work and as an art-historically important contribution to European post-war art.

We ar e grateful to the Studio Rainer for the kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany (acquired in 1974).
Private collection Great Britain (gifted from the above).

EXHIBITION: Galerie Klewan, Munich (1974).