OE 264. 1957.
Oil on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the strether, signed, dated, titled and inscribed with the dimensions on the stretcher. 175 x 145 cm (68.8 x 57 in). [AW].

• Red is the most important color in Geiger's oeuvre.
• Powerful modulation in an early painting by Rupprecht Geiger that is captivating for its gentle oscillation between different color values.
• 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).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

EXHIBITION: Rupprecht Geiger. Retrospektive, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, February 10 - March 17, 1985; Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen a. Rh., April 14 - June 2, 1985; Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, June 21 - July 21, 1985, cat. no. 67.

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. 211 (illu. in color on p. 94).