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Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)
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signed and dated 'A. Rainer 53' (on the reverse)
oil on masonite
31.5 x 42.5 cm.
Painted in 1953

Provenance

Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (on loan).

Exhibited

Munich, Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Arnulf Rainer. Retrospektive 1950-1977, 13 July-11 September 1977, cat.no. 1 (illustrated, p. 104). This exhibition later travelled to Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 7 October-13 November 1977 and Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1977.
Vienna, Kunsthaus Wien.

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'For me, painting is often a hesitation. A wavering between despair and intense euphoria and rage. And euphoria - that has to do with hope though not in terms of one's own life but in terms of the work.' (A. Rainer quoted in: Aller Anfang ist schwer. Frühe Arbeiten 1949-1961, exh.cat. Arnulf Rainer Museum, Baden 2009, p. 111)

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