Roter Steinwerfer. 1983.
Oil on canvas.
Signed on the reverse of the canvas. 178 x 229 cm (70 x 90.1 in). [AW].

• Expressive color and form in true Fetting style.
• This large-scale painting shows a male nude, a central motif in Fetting's work.
• The paintings from the early 1980s are among the artist's most sought-after works.
• More of Fetting's works from the 1980s are part of the collections of the Tate Gallery, London, the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, among others.

The artist confirmed the authenticity of the present work. The work bears the work number “B/66”. We are grateful for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Hesse.

“In Fetting's nude paintings, the naked body has its great stage appearance. Bathed in gently glistening light, the body becomes a source of light for the painting itself, or it appears as a mysterious shadowy figure against a glowing background. His nudes are always color-bodies; they arise and define themselves in the painting through the direction of light and the flow of color. Fetting creates an atmosphere of indeterminate erotic expectations that cannot be pinned down to a specific situation in the painting itself.”
Christos M. Joachimides, quoted in: Nationalgalerie Berlin (ed.), Rainer Fetting. Berlin/New York. Gemälde und Skulpturen, Berlin 1990, p. 36.

In good condition. The canvas is slightly warped due to a loss of tension. Minimally rubbed in places. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.