Lotto No. 117


Arnulf Rainer *


Arnulf Rainer * - Arte contemporanea I

(born in Baden near Vienna 1929)
“Kruz” (Cross?), end of the 1970s, titled, oil chalk on cardboard, 73 x 51 cm, framed

Provenance:
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich - there acquired in the early 1990s
Private Collection, Germany

JG The figure of the cross that recurs time and again over the course of the work – does it allow you to create a kind of pictorial connection with the world, or rather, what iconographic content can be it be used to conjure up again today?

AR The cross is a symbol for the human face. Step in front of the mirror, take a look at your face: you will see a cross marked within, wherever it may be. Simultaneously, the cross is our European history, take it as one will...
From:
26 Questions to Arnulf Rainer, Schütze, recorded by Johannes Gachnang, Skorpion, late December 1984 in Berlin.

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

elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

24.06.2020 - 16:00

Stima:
EUR 50.000,- a EUR 70.000,-

Arnulf Rainer *


(born in Baden near Vienna 1929)
“Kruz” (Cross?), end of the 1970s, titled, oil chalk on cardboard, 73 x 51 cm, framed

Provenance:
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich - there acquired in the early 1990s
Private Collection, Germany

JG The figure of the cross that recurs time and again over the course of the work – does it allow you to create a kind of pictorial connection with the world, or rather, what iconographic content can be it be used to conjure up again today?

AR The cross is a symbol for the human face. Step in front of the mirror, take a look at your face: you will see a cross marked within, wherever it may be. Simultaneously, the cross is our European history, take it as one will...
From:
26 Questions to Arnulf Rainer, Schütze, recorded by Johannes Gachnang, Skorpion, late December 1984 in Berlin.

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

elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


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Asta: Arte contemporanea I
Tipo d'asta: Asta in sala
Data: 24.06.2020 - 16:00
Luogo dell'asta: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Esposizione: 18.06. - 24.06.2020