Lot No. 231


Arnulf Rainer *


(born in Baden near Vienna in 1929)
Untitled (mask), signed, dated A. Rainer 07, assemblage, wood, fabric, bristle brush, nails, acrylic on wood, 82 x 62 x 25 cm

Provenance:
Private Collection, Tyrol

I don't keep track of my work because I don't remember a lot of it. I often surprise myself with what I have done. For example, I don't have the kind of overarching perspective that one can get by leafing through the monographs of a dead artist. I have always pored over whichever particular work of art currently fascinates and preoccupies me.
I also consciously try to forget my works in order to reinvent myself again and again. I have always worked against the danger of stopping at a certain artistic result. I have always driven myself to go further artistically. That's another reason why I don’t understand myself as a complete figure, because I don't see any coherence in my artworks.

Arnulf Rainer from
“Rätsel der Zusammenhänge” in conversation with Antonia Hoerschelmann, 2014 ,
exhibition catalogue:
Arnulf Rainer, Albertina Wien, Verlag Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014

Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358

elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

20.09.2023 - 15:15

Realized price: **
EUR 36,400.-
Estimate:
EUR 18,000.- to EUR 25,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 18,000.-

Arnulf Rainer *


(born in Baden near Vienna in 1929)
Untitled (mask), signed, dated A. Rainer 07, assemblage, wood, fabric, bristle brush, nails, acrylic on wood, 82 x 62 x 25 cm

Provenance:
Private Collection, Tyrol

I don't keep track of my work because I don't remember a lot of it. I often surprise myself with what I have done. For example, I don't have the kind of overarching perspective that one can get by leafing through the monographs of a dead artist. I have always pored over whichever particular work of art currently fascinates and preoccupies me.
I also consciously try to forget my works in order to reinvent myself again and again. I have always worked against the danger of stopping at a certain artistic result. I have always driven myself to go further artistically. That's another reason why I don’t understand myself as a complete figure, because I don't see any coherence in my artworks.

Arnulf Rainer from
“Rätsel der Zusammenhänge” in conversation with Antonia Hoerschelmann, 2014 ,
exhibition catalogue:
Arnulf Rainer, Albertina Wien, Verlag Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014

Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358

elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Austrian Contemporary and Modern Art
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 20.09.2023 - 15:15
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 14.09. - 20.09.2023


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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