Los 4269

Rainer, Arnulf
(b. 1929)From the series "Face Farce"

Aus dem Katalog
Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts
Auktionsdatum 5.6.2024

From the series "Face Farce". 1970-71. Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print. 17,5 x 12,7 cm. Signed by the artist in ink in lower right.

Hardly any other artist has subjected himself to such relentless self-analysis in his works as Arnulf Rainer. In the transformations of his self in gestures and facial expressions with rigorous use of the body and in the overpainting of his images, he developed the principle of destruction as a strategy in the search for ever new forms. – Slight buckling in edges, a few handling marks, small nick in lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.