Tempera on canvas. Dated and titled "219/54 1954" on the reverse, as well as inscribed with a direction arrow and "R Geiger". 86.5 x 91 cm. [KT]. - Geiger's formally reduced paintings from the 1950s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market. - Gently modulated composition that is all the more expressive for its reduction. - Alongside Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly and Barnett Newman, Geiger joins the ranks of the luminaries of Color Field painting. - Geiger showed his famous color modulations in several documenta exhibitions between 1959 and 1977. - Rupprecht Geiger's paintings can be found in important collections like the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Lenbachhaus in Munich. 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. 163 (ill.). - - Auction house Lempertz, Cologne, auction no. 971, December 3, 2010, lot 39 (illu.).
Rupprecht Geiger, Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm, 1956. Rupprecht Geiger. Gemälde. Kunst- und Museumsverein, Wuppertal, October 17 - November 21, 1965, cat. no. 12. PINC kommt! Rupprecht Geiger. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, November 19, 2017 - September 16, 2018, p. 76 (illu.). Rot X Stahl, Rupprecht Geiger and Alf Lechner, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt, February 20 - June 14, 2020
Galerie Müller, Cologne ( with the label on the reverse). Dobermann Collection, Münster. Grässlin Collection, St. Georgen. Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 2010)
In good condition with strong colors. Isolated small areas with fine craquelure. Isolated, expertly retouched spots. A tiny superficial olor loss. With adhesive mounting tape all around the stretcher. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Lot Details
Tempera on canvas. Dated and titled "219/54 1954" on the reverse, as well as inscribed with a direction arrow and "R Geiger". 86.5 x 91 cm. [KT]. - Geiger's formally reduced paintings from the 1950s are among the artist's most sought-after works on the international auction market. - Gently modulated composition that is all the more expressive for its reduction. - Alongside Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly and Barnett Newman, Geiger joins the ranks of the luminaries of Color Field painting. - Geiger showed his famous color modulations in several documenta exhibitions between 1959 and 1977. - Rupprecht Geiger's paintings can be found in important collections like the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Lenbachhaus in Munich. 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. 163 (ill.). - - Auction house Lempertz, Cologne, auction no. 971, December 3, 2010, lot 39 (illu.).
Rupprecht Geiger, Galerie Samlaren, Stockholm, 1956. Rupprecht Geiger. Gemälde. Kunst- und Museumsverein, Wuppertal, October 17 - November 21, 1965, cat. no. 12. PINC kommt! Rupprecht Geiger. Schauwerk Sindelfingen, November 19, 2017 - September 16, 2018, p. 76 (illu.). Rot X Stahl, Rupprecht Geiger and Alf Lechner, Lechner Museum, Ingolstadt, February 20 - June 14, 2020
Galerie Müller, Cologne ( with the label on the reverse). Dobermann Collection, Münster. Grässlin Collection, St. Georgen. Private collection, Bavaria (acquired in 2010)
In good condition with strong colors. Isolated small areas with fine craquelure. Isolated, expertly retouched spots. A tiny superficial olor loss. With adhesive mounting tape all around the stretcher. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Rupprecht Geiger 
