Lot 124000375 
Raumbeispiel
124000375
Rupprecht Geiger
OE 264, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 74,900 - 96,300
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
OE 264. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the strether, signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the dimensions on the stretcher. 175 x 145 cm (68.8 x 57 in). [AW].
• Red is the most important color in Geiger's oeuvre.
• Powerful modulation in an early painting by Rupprecht Geiger that is captivating for its gentle oscillation between different color values.
• Paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Retrospektive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10 - March 17, 1985; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen a. Rh., April 14 - June 2, 1985; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, June 21 - July 21, 1985, cat. no. 67.
LITERATURE: Rupprecht Geiger Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 211 (illu. in color on p. 94).
Oil on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the strether, signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the dimensions on the stretcher. 175 x 145 cm (68.8 x 57 in). [AW].
• Red is the most important color in Geiger's oeuvre.
• Powerful modulation in an early painting by Rupprecht Geiger that is captivating for its gentle oscillation between different color values.
• Paintings from the late 1950s and early 1960s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).
PROVENANCE: Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).
EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Retrospektive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10 - March 17, 1985; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen a. Rh., April 14 - June 2, 1985; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, June 21 - July 21, 1985, cat. no. 67.
LITERATURE: Rupprecht Geiger Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 211 (illu. in color on p. 94).
124000375
Rupprecht Geiger
OE 264, 1957.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 70,000 - 90,000
$ 74,900 - 96,300
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
