Frühlingskreuz. 1990.
Etching in colors in green.
Not in Breicha any longer. Signed and numbered. From an edition of 35 copies. On wove paper. 49.5 x 39.5 cm (19.4 x 15.5 in). Sheet: 64,5 x 51 cm (25,3 x 20 in).

"The cross has become my fundamental figure. I can't think of anything else that demands so much from me and that inspires me to such a zeal; that's why I revisit it time and again .."
(Quoted from Arnulf Rainer in: Friedhelm Mennekes. Das Kreuz als Realpräsenz in: Johannes Röhrig, Arnulf Rainer. Kreuz-Weisen, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln, Cologne 1992, p. 12) [EH].

• "The cross has become my fundamental figure." (A. Rainer)
• Color as a bearer of hope.
• Arnulf Rainer is among Austria's most important contemporary artists.
• In 1978 and 1980 he represented Austria at the Biennale in Venice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Austria.

With minimal mount staining.