Rupprecht Geiger
1908 - 2009
523/68. 1968.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled “523/68” on the stretcher, also inscribed with the dimensions, direction indicator. 120 x 110 cm (47.2 x 43.3 in). [CH].


• Geiger's works derive their extraordinary effect from the fine modulation of the color fields.
• The reduction and concentration of color and form peaked in the late 1960s.
• Geiger elevates the circle to a meditative color space.
• The work has been part of the same private collection since 1969.
• In the year it was created, Geiger took part in the 4th documenta in Kassel.
• Similar paintings are in numerous important collections, among them the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.

We are grateful to Julia Geiger, Geiger Archive, Munich, for the kind supportr in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the artist in 1969).
Ever since family-owned.

LITERATURE: Rupprecht-Geiger-Gesellschaft, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München (ed.), edited by Pia Dornacher and Julia Geiger, Rupprecht Geiger. Catalogue Raisonné 1942-2002. Gemälde und Objekte, architekturbezogene Kunst, München 2003, no. 498, p. 190.

In good condition. The edges of the image minimally grayish. A few tiny, professional retouched spots (only visible under UV light). A few hairline scuff marks outside of the circle, not affecting the overall impression. Right edge of the image with a tiny surface irregularity.
The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.