Blau graviert (Frauensprache). 1977/ 1986.
Oil on a photo, mounted on wood in the original frame.
Lower left monogrammed, signed and dated. Dated and titled on the reverse. 48.5 x 59.5 cm (19 x 23.4 in).

• From the cycle: Frauenssprache (Female Language), in which he works over nude photographs.
• Reworking photographs is a key element of his oeuvre.
• Works from this cycle were shown in the exhibition "Arnulf Rainer. Female" at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg in 2010.
• Arnulf Rainer represented Austria at the Venice Biennale in 1978 and 1980.
• Arnulf Rainer is recognized as the founder of Austrian post-war art, his over-paintings are in many renowned collections, among them the Tate Collection, London.

PROVENANCE: Private collection USA.

EXHIBITION: Arnulf Rainder. Bilder aus fünf Jahrzehnten, Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, October 18 - November 22, 2006 (with a label on the reverse).