Arnulf Rainer (1929 Baden near Vienna) (F), Folder 'Haute Coiffure'

10 pieces, loose sheets inside an OPp.-Portfolio, each drypoint etching on handmade paper, 54 cm x 38,5 cm sheet dimension, 95/98 numbered, partly signed during the print, respectively monogrammed, title cover with the table of contents and legal notice, published in Galerie Rottloff, Karlsruhe 1963, printed by Rudolf Lauterbach, Vienna, signed, 95 numbered, pinholes in the sheet corners, slightly darkened, minimally creased, partially slight grip marks, partial superficial paper abrasion, partially minimal stained, Folder creased, with adhesive traces, partially stained, Literature: Cat. Rais. Breicha R 25-34 C

The Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer is known for his "overpaintings" developed in the 1950s, in which his own and other people's photographs, illustrations or sometimes entire sheets of paper were covered with paint. Rainer was one of the main founders of Viennese Informalism, but also maintained active contact with the artists of the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism such as Ernst Fuchs, Anton Lehmden and Arik Brauer. Throughout his career he was dedicated to the search for new approaches to painting. With his innovative and at the same time provocative works, he succeeded in securing a reputation for himself on the international art market.