GEIGER, RUPPRECHT
Munich 1908 - 2009
Title: "575/69".
Date: 1969.
Technique: Acrylic on canvas.
Measurement: 95 x 80cm.
Notation: Titled and signed on the canvas overlap as well as the stretcher: 575/69 Geiger. Here additionally equipped with work details.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
- Galerie Dr. Luise Krohn, Badenweiler
- Private collection, Friesenheim (purchased from the previous in 1977)
- Private collection Rhineland
- Private collection Hesse
Literature:
- Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft (ed.): Rupprecht Geiger - Werkverzeichnis 1942-2002, Gemälde und Objekte, Architekturbezogene Kunst, Munich 2003, cat. rais. no. 551
- Rupprecht Geiger is one of the most significant representatives of German colour field painting
- He uses colour as a central expressive means, freed from concreteness
- The work invites to a silent, contemplative experience of colour and captivates with subtle colour modulation.