Horizontalgestaltung. 1951.
Oil over graphite on primed paper.
Monogrammed "TRA" and dated in bottom right. 30 x 62.5 cm (11.8 x 24.6 in), the full sheet.
With fragments of a larger composition in oil onf gray-primed paper on the reverse. [JS].
• Particularly rare and early work from the work series of the 'Zentralgestaltungen' (Central Compositions), in which Rainer examines the principles of automatism and blind painting.
• To date only two similar works in oil have been offered on the auction market (sourcee: artprice).
• In this work the artist applied the paint with blind-folded eyes while the composition forms in his mind.
• The result is a network of rhythmical lines showing short and quick, as well as longer and softer movements from the process of creation.

We are grateful to the Studio Rainer for the kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Saxony-Anhalt.