Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 125000994
Raumbeispiel
125000994
Arnulf Rainer
Ohne Titel, Um 1961/62.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,000 - 92,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
125000994
Arnulf Rainer
Ohne Titel, Um 1961/62.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 69,000 - 92,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Arnulf Rainer
1929 - 2025
Ohne Titel. Um 1961/62.
Oil on canvas.
Several times signed in the lower right. 33.5 x 114.5 cm (13.1 x 45 in).
[AR].
• Complex, early overpainting by the renowned Austrian artist, who passed away in December 2025.
• This technique is considered a key principle of his artistic practice and a significant contribution to post-war art.
• Layer upon layer: In the present work, he even painted over his own signature, demonstrating the often lengthy creative process.
• His works are in museums like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina in Vienna, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
• Part of a significant private collection in Berlin for 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1991, Grisebach).
LITERATURE: Grisebach, Berlin, 18th auction, May 31, 1991, lot 77 (illustrated in color).
“Pictures are not life itself, but a distillation of it.”
Arnulf Rainer, n.d.
“I never wanted to destroy, I wanted to perfect.”
Arnulf Rainer, 1973.
“Only years of work on a piece can erase all cheap or pretentious effects.”
Arnulf Rainer, 1973.
“The fascination that Rainer’s work holds for me has accompanied and shaped my entire life; hardly any other contemporary artist has impressed me to such an extent. [..] I consider Rainer to be one of the most essential artists of our time.”
Hermann Nitsch about Arnulf Rainer.
All quotes from: C. Aigner, J. Gachnang, H. Zambo (eds.), Arnulf Rainer, Abgrundtiefe – Perspektiefe. Retrospective 1947–1997, Vienna/Munich 1997, pp. 7, 84, 13–22.
1929 - 2025
Ohne Titel. Um 1961/62.
Oil on canvas.
Several times signed in the lower right. 33.5 x 114.5 cm (13.1 x 45 in).
[AR].
• Complex, early overpainting by the renowned Austrian artist, who passed away in December 2025.
• This technique is considered a key principle of his artistic practice and a significant contribution to post-war art.
• Layer upon layer: In the present work, he even painted over his own signature, demonstrating the often lengthy creative process.
• His works are in museums like the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Albertina in Vienna, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
• Part of a significant private collection in Berlin for 35 years.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1991, Grisebach).
LITERATURE: Grisebach, Berlin, 18th auction, May 31, 1991, lot 77 (illustrated in color).
“Pictures are not life itself, but a distillation of it.”
Arnulf Rainer, n.d.
“I never wanted to destroy, I wanted to perfect.”
Arnulf Rainer, 1973.
“Only years of work on a piece can erase all cheap or pretentious effects.”
Arnulf Rainer, 1973.
“The fascination that Rainer’s work holds for me has accompanied and shaped my entire life; hardly any other contemporary artist has impressed me to such an extent. [..] I consider Rainer to be one of the most essential artists of our time.”
Hermann Nitsch about Arnulf Rainer.
All quotes from: C. Aigner, J. Gachnang, H. Zambo (eds.), Arnulf Rainer, Abgrundtiefe – Perspektiefe. Retrospective 1947–1997, Vienna/Munich 1997, pp. 7, 84, 13–22.
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