
Le Lattre de Passion
A photograph serves as the foundation for Rainer's intense gestural markings, where oil pastel is applied with visceral, urgent energy across the surface. The artist's characteristic overpainting obscures and distorts the underlying image, creating a tension between the photographic reality beneath and the raw, expressive marks above. The work exemplifies Rainer's exploration of destruction and transformation as creative acts, blurring the boundary between control and chaos.
- Medium
- oil pastel on photograph
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Under the Influence
September 19, 2013
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