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Arnulf Rainer
Ohne Titel, 1963.
Mixed media with oil chalks on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 93,600 - 140,400
231
Arnulf Rainer
Ohne Titel, 1963.
Mixed media with oil chalks on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 - 120,000
$ 93,600 - 140,400
Arnulf Rainer
1929 - 2025
Ohne Titel. 1963.
Mixed media with oil chalks on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Once more signed in the upper center of the folded canvas on the reverse, as well as dated “63,” and inscribed “Entwurf 1 für Druckblatt” on a piece of cardboard inserted on the reverse. 66 x 51 cm (25.9 x 20 in).
[AR].
• Radical overpainting with an exceptionally dense texture: Rainer erases and condenses—the image becomes a confrontation between gesture and erasure.
• 1963—from Rainer’s most intense painting phase, which cemented his international reputation.
• He is one of the most influential figures of Austrian Post-war Modernism and is represented in international museum collections.
• In 1978 and 1980, he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hesse.
Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in the 1980s).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
“The contrast between the dominant black and the increasingly constrained, constricted zone of light determines the dramatic impression of these works. In doing so, it becomes apparent how, above all, the contours of the amorphous darkness continually provoke new confrontations. Colored traces, figurative elements, and outlines of the black tangles evoke a sense of representational motifs.”
Armin Zweite, in: Arnulf Rainer. Retrospektive 1950-1977, exhibition catalog Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1977, p. 14.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.54 h +/- 20 min.
1929 - 2025
Ohne Titel. 1963.
Mixed media with oil chalks on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Once more signed in the upper center of the folded canvas on the reverse, as well as dated “63,” and inscribed “Entwurf 1 für Druckblatt” on a piece of cardboard inserted on the reverse. 66 x 51 cm (25.9 x 20 in).
[AR].
• Radical overpainting with an exceptionally dense texture: Rainer erases and condenses—the image becomes a confrontation between gesture and erasure.
• 1963—from Rainer’s most intense painting phase, which cemented his international reputation.
• He is one of the most influential figures of Austrian Post-war Modernism and is represented in international museum collections.
• In 1978 and 1980, he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hesse.
Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in the 1980s).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
“The contrast between the dominant black and the increasingly constrained, constricted zone of light determines the dramatic impression of these works. In doing so, it becomes apparent how, above all, the contours of the amorphous darkness continually provoke new confrontations. Colored traces, figurative elements, and outlines of the black tangles evoke a sense of representational motifs.”
Armin Zweite, in: Arnulf Rainer. Retrospektive 1950-1977, exhibition catalog Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 1977, p. 14.
Called up: June 13, 2026 - ca. 15.54 h +/- 20 min.
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Arnulf Rainer "Ohne Titel"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 34 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 29 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 1,000,000 €: herefrom 29 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 1,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 23% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 1,000,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 7 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
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