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- Arnulf Rainer born 1929
- Original title
- Das Wasser eine nackte Schachtel
- Medium
- Lithograph on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 487 × 327 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1989
- Reference
- P77274
Display caption
As a young man, Rainer became fascinated with Surrealist art, and the depiction of fantastical landscapes. Many of his early works were densely-worked, obsessively detailed portrayals of imaginary worlds. In this lithograph, recognisably human figures appear alongside disembodied eyes and more abstracted biomorphic shapes to create a claustrophobic, nightmarish quality
Gallery label, August 2004
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