Lot: 764

Arnulf Rainer (1929 Baden - lives and works in Enzenkirchen and Tenerife)
'Oswald Wiener/Arnulf Rainer' (Berliner Konzert), 1974

Overpainting with mixed media over silver gelatin print. 17.9 x 23.6 cm (sheet), 40.0 x 49.0 cm (frame). Signed lower right: A Rainer (pencil), stamped in red on the reverse: BERLIN CONCERT 27.9.74 and photographer's stamp of ALEXANDER PRINZJAKOWITSCH.
On September 27, 1974, the art event 'Selten gehörte Musik' took place in the Church Zum Heiligen Kreuz in Berlin. Among the participants, in addition to Arnulf Rainer, were the artists Christian Ludwig Attersee, Günter Brus, Hermann Nitsch, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Dominik Steiger and the writer Oswald Wiener. After this event, further performances were organized in Kassel, Hamburg and Munich. The photos taken during the event were painted over by Rainer and stamped on the back.
Framed under glass in a passepartout.

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Estimate: 10,000 € - 15,000 €

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175D - Modern Art
16. October 2024 at 6:00 PM CEST

Literature:

A very similar motif can be found in: Exh. cat. Arnulf Rainer. Das Berliner Konzert, Galerie Klewan Munich 4 October - 1 December 1984, Munich 1984.