Auction 160

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Modern and Contemporary Art

Saturday, 11 July 2026 at 11:00 am - After sale

Lot 510 Anulf und Nitsch, Hermann Rainer. 4 Arbeiten. Je Silbergelatine …

4 Arbeiten. Je Silbergelatine auf Photopapier. Ca. 1975-80. Verso mit Atelier- bzw. Galeriestempeln, je mit typographischen Künstler- und Werkangaben. - Ecken leicht bestoßen. Vereinzelt kleine Knickspuren. Ein Abzug mit Oxidationsspuren sowie ein verso angebrachter Aufkleber recto leicht sichtbar. Insgesamt gut. Insgesamt saubere Abzüge.

Online - Photographie - Moderne Photographie – Studiofotografien nach Werken von Arnulf Rainer und Hermann Nitsch. - Enthält: 2 Aufnahmen von Rainer aus der Totenmaskenserie (Franz Liszt und Karl Schönherr), 1978, 1 Blatt verso mit Stempel. - 2 Fotografien von Nitsch im Zusammenhang mit Aktionen des Orgien-Mysterien-Theaters (u. a. "Bahre", 48. Aktion, Paris 1975). - Arnulf Rainer entwickelte seit den 1950er Jahren seine charakteristische Praxis der Übermalung, in der bestehende Bildträger durch gestische Eingriffe transformiert und existenziell aufgeladen werden. Hermann Nitsch zählt zu den zentralen Protagonisten des Wiener Aktionismus und realisierte mit seinem Orgien-Mysterien-Theater performative Arbeiten, die Körper, Material und rituelle Handlung in eine intensive, oft grenzüberschreitende Bildpraxis überführen. Beide Positionen stehen exemplarisch für eine radikale Erweiterung des Kunstbegriffs im österreichischen Nachkriegskontext.

Online - Modern Photography – 4 works. Each silver gelatin print on photo paper. Verso with studio or rather gallery stamp, each with typographical indications. - Corners slightly bumped. Faint crease marks. One shows signs of oxidation. A sticker mounted on the reverse is slightly visible through the front. Overall good. Clean impressions. Black-and-white studio photographs based on works by Arnulf Rainer and Hermann Nitsch. - Included: as mentioned above. - Since the 1950s, Arnulf Rainer has developed his characteristic practice of overpainting, in which existing picture surfaces are transformed through gestural interventions and imbued with existential significance. Hermann Nitsch is one of the central figures of Viennese Actionism and, with his Orgy-Mystery Theater, created performative works that transform bodies, materials, and ritual actions into an intense, often boundary-pushing visual practice. Both positions exemplify a radical expansion of the concept of art in the Austrian postwar context.

Result: 550 €

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