Oil on canvas. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed with the dimensions on the reverse of the stretcher. 100 x 90 cm. . [AW].
- An early painting with a powerful color modulation, inspiring viewers with its dynamic oscillation between different color values. - Exhibited in the major Geiger retrospective at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin in 1985 and in the Geiger exhibition at the Haus der Kunst in Munich in 1988. - On the international auction market for the first time. - The 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).
LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhhaus, Munich (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objkete, architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, no. 241 (illustrated in color on p. 85).