Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929)

oil stick, graphite and ink on paper; signed and titled; signed on the reverse

Galerie Jahn, Landshut
Light Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the reverse to the backing board. There is undulation and soft creasing throughout the sheet. There are handling marks to the extreme edges. There is a 5 inch area of cracking with some associated stable lifting to the black passage in the center of the sheet, which appears to have been consolidated with adhesive and is stabilized with tape on the reverse of the sheet. Framed under glass.
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