Online Auction 20353The Curator's Eye: The Collection of Professor Dr Karin von Maur
Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)
Lot 21

Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)

Totalübermalung Rot (Zumalung)

Closed25 May 2021

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EUR 43,750

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Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)
Totalübermalung Rot (Zumalung)
signed twice and dated 'ARainer 57 A. Rainer' (on the reverse)
oil on chipboard
26 x 40.5cm.
Painted in 1957

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1974.

Specialist note

‘The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture, full of some overwhelming silence’ – Arnulf Rainer

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