Weinkreuz (Wine Cross)

Details

Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)
Weinkreuz (Wine Cross)
titled and dated 'Weinkreuz 90/91' (on the reverse)
oil on cardboard on wood
78 ¼ x 47 5/8in. (198.6 x 121cm.)
Painted in 1990-1991

Provenance

Galleria Arte92, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.

Exhibited

Milan, Galleria Arte92, Arnulf Rainer, 2006-2007 (illustrated in colour, p. 49, installation view illustrated in colour, p. 41).

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Brought to you by

Alexandra Werner

awerner@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2713

Lot Essay

‘None of these works claims to have been intended specifically for a sacred context. They arose from very personal roots. They were inspired by a subjective emotion regarding both the person of Christ and the event but also the idea of the cross.’ – Arnulf Rainer

Weinkreuz (Wine Cross)

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

More from Post War and Contemporary Art Day Auction