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.
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
24.06.2020 - 16:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 50,000.- to 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.
Specialist: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 24.06.2020 - 16:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.06. - 24.06.2020 |
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