Raumbeispiel
198
Rupprecht Geiger
520/68, 1968.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,200 Sold:
€ 46,440 / $ 52,941 (incl. surcharge)
198
Rupprecht Geiger
520/68, 1968.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,200 Sold:
€ 46,440 / $ 52,941 (incl. surcharge)
Rupprecht Geiger
1908 - 2009
520/68. 1968.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the canvas; titled on the folded canvas, and inscribed with the dimensions and a direction arrow. 99.5 x 99.5 cm (39.1 x 39.1 in).
In the artistr's original acrylic frame. [AW].
• Geiger elevates the oval to a meditative space of color.
• The reduction and concentration of color and form reached its peak in the late 1960s.
• A particularly vibrant work from this seminal creative phase.
• Orange and blue merge to form a glowing evening sun.
• Comparable paintings by the artist are in many important collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Dieter Wilbrand, Cologne.
Private collection, Austria.
Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, 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. 495.
1908 - 2009
520/68. 1968.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the canvas; titled on the folded canvas, and inscribed with the dimensions and a direction arrow. 99.5 x 99.5 cm (39.1 x 39.1 in).
In the artistr's original acrylic frame. [AW].
• Geiger elevates the oval to a meditative space of color.
• The reduction and concentration of color and form reached its peak in the late 1960s.
• A particularly vibrant work from this seminal creative phase.
• Orange and blue merge to form a glowing evening sun.
• Comparable paintings by the artist are in many important collections, including the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Dieter Wilbrand, Cologne.
Private collection, Austria.
Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, 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. 495.
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