Serigraph in colors on cardboard
Germany, 1970
Rupprecht Geiger (1908-2009) – German painter, sculptor and architect, professor of painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and co-founder of the Munich artist group ‘Zen 49’
Signed on verso lower right in pencil ‘Geiger’
Numbered on verso lower left in pencil ‘44/150’
Edition Art Graphic International, Kunstkreis-Verlag, Lucerne
Catalog raisonné: Geiger 134-1
Image dimensions: 60 x 60 cm
Characteristic sculptural work by the artist Rupprecht Geiger, whose abstract works focus almost exclusively on extensive painting in bright colors; prints by the artist fetch up to €3,100 at international auctions

In order to let the color have an unrestricted effect in his works, the German artist developed a very reduced composition scheme with a circular or rectangular shape on monochrome background. In the present serigraph an intense bright yellow, which downwards loses its intensity within a circular shape appears on a silver background.

The serigraph in colors is signed on verso lower right in pencil ‘Geiger’ and numbered on verso lower left in pencil ‘44/150’. The sheet is creased along the upper edge and in the lower margin and shows several defects at the upper and lower edge. In the lower edge there is additionally a small tear (1.2 cm). The full-sheet image measures 60 x 60 cm.

Rupprecht Geiger (1908 – 2009)

The German abstract painter and sculptor Rupprecht Geiger was the son of the painter Willi Geiger. 1929 Rupprecht Geiger completed his architecture studies at the art school in Munich before he continued studying at the state building school. After his studies and until 1962 he worked in various architecture practices. Meanwhile he started painting and between 1943 and 1944 he was employed as a war painter before he became Professor for painting at the state art academy in Düsseldorf. Geiger accomplished his life work around the theme “color” in reduced and clear compositions. Geiger exhibited widely at the documenta in Kassel, as well as at the Biennial in Sao Paolo. In 2008 he had two large retrospectives in the Lenbachhaus in Munich and at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Moreover, he was awarded numerous European prizes. (fea)

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