Mixed media on a reproduction (Fortuné Méaulle, 1880). Monogrammed and signed in the lower right. On wove paper. 29.5 x 40.5 cm. , size of sheet. [AW].

• Here, Arnulf Rainer uses a work by Fortuné Méaulle (1843-1916), a renowned 19th-century French graphic artist, as the basis for his characteristic overpainting.
• Overpainting is considered the central principle of his work and a significant contribution to European postwar art from an art-historical perspective.
• Rainer is among the most important artists of the Austrian avant-garde after 1945.
• In 1959, he participated in documenta II in Kassel, as well as in the Venice Biennale in 1978 and 1980.

The artist’s studio (donation to Tierhilfe K.O.S., Vienna). Private collection, Northern Germany

In very good condition, with vibrant colors. The outer corners of the sheets are slightly bumped.