Details
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
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1974.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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Lot Essay

‘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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