Sale: 541 / Contemporary Art Day Sale, June 09. 2023 in Munich Lot 109

 

109
Rupprecht Geiger
545/69, 1969.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 73,660 / $ 79,552

(incl. surcharge)
545/69. 1969.
Acrylic on canvas.
Dornacher/Geiger WV 520. Signed and inscribed with the work number "545/69" and the dimensions on the reverse. 120 x 110 cm (47.2 x 43.3 in).
[AR].
• Weightless circles that, in line with Geiger's concept of art, form an energetic source of power.
• As of the late 1960s, the circle moved to the center of Geiger's creation.
• Shown in Rupprecht Geiger's retrospective at the Lenbachhaus München in 1978.
• For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com)
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We are grateful to Mrs Julia Geiger, Geiger Archive Munich, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, February 22 - March 26, 1978, cat. no. 53 (with illu.).




109
Rupprecht Geiger
545/69, 1969.
Acrylic on canvas
Estimate:
€ 40,000 / $ 43,200
Sold:
€ 73,660 / $ 79,552

(incl. surcharge)