Rainer Ecke Sold at Auction Prices

Arnulf Rainer, Ecke, Etching, 1969/70

Drypoint in brown-red on wove paper Austria, 1969/70 Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929) – Austrian painter Signed ‘A. Rainer’ and numbered ‘147/200’ in pencil Printed by Robert Finger, Vienna Published by Kunstverein Hamburg Catalogue raisonné: Breicha 101 (Illustration erroneously as portrait format) Plate dimensions: 20.9 x 27.9 cm; sheet dimensions: 64.6 x 49.5 cm Very good condition Estimate by Auctionata Expert: 1,200 Euro Condition: The drypoint is overall in very good condition with only occasional, soft creases in the margins. The plate measures 20.9 x 27.9 cm, the sheet 54.6 x 49.5 cm. Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929) Arnulf Rainer was born in Baden near Vienna in 1929. In 1947 he encountered international contemporary art for the first time during a British Council exhibition in Klagenfurt, which showed works by Paul Nash, Francis Bacon, Stanley Spencer and Henry Moore. After graduating from a trade school, Rainer was accepted at the Akademie für angewandte Kunst in Vienna, which he left shortly after. Neither did he stay at the Akademie für bildende Künste for long. In 1951 he held his first exhibition together with a group of artists. In the same year Rainer, together with Maria Lassnig, visited André Breton in Paris. Shortly afterwards his works were exhibited in a gallery in Frankfurt, one of the first manifestations of ‘Art Informel’ in Central Europe. Between 1953 and 59 he began working on a series of so-called reductions, precursors to his famous ‘Overpaintings’. In 1966 Rainer was awarded the Austrian State Prize for graphics. Two years later, the Museum of the 20th Century in Vienna held a first retrospective. In 1981 he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and was given emeritus status in 1995. Rainer now lives and works in Enzenkirchen and Tenerife. Arnulf Rainer’s works can be found in the collections of the MoMA in New York, the Tate Gallery in London and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. In 2009 the the Arnulf Rainer Museum was opened in Baden. (fea) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance. Auctionata charges the resale rights tax pursuant to Section 26 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG) towards the buyer in case of the sale of an original work of art or photography prior to 70 years having lapsed since the death of their creator. Therefore, Auctionata charges when purchasing a good – if a protection as an original work of art or photography is given – starting from a hammer price of EUR 400 an additional amount, which is calculated according to Section 26 (2) German Copyright Act (UrhG) and which does not exceed the amount of EUR 12,500. You can find more information about resale rights tax in Auctionata´s table of fees and T&C.