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Currently, the Geiger archive shows the presentation "Metaphor Number".

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Metapher Zahlen I
Metapher Zahlen II

Since the mid-1970s, Rupprecht Geiger has been intensively occupied with the work complex "Metaphor Number". In painting, as well as in drawing and printmaking, a series of works emerge that stand out thematically in Rupprecht Geiger's oeuvre.

By means of different techniques and in various shades of color, Geiger interprets in each case the numbers from 0 to 9, which he draws from his typical canon of forms of rectangles, circles and squares.
The word "number" immediately brings to mind a fixed value that is ubiquitous in everyday life. But as the prefixed word "metaphor" suggests, it is a pictorial transference, an artistic interpretation of a number. The experience of color remains a central point in this series of works: the contrast of the luminous colors, typical of Geiger, really brings the numbers to bear and invites us to look again and again.

Former study of Rupprecht Geiger
WV 958

Pinc modulated (WV 958), 2009; acrylic/wood, 55 x 60 x 3 cm; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

WVG 226

Munich Red I (WVG 226) , 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g; 80 x 88 cm ; 97 numbered, dated and signed copies; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich; printed by Ekkeland Götze, Munich; photo by Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

WVG 227

Munich Red II (WVG 227), 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g; 80 x 88 cm ; 97 numbered, dated and signed copies; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich; printed by Ekkeland Götze, Munich; photo by Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Main room gallery
WV 739
WV 739
WV 739

A selection of the exhibited models 766/89 (Metaphor numbers 0-9) (WV 739), 1984; acrylic/wood; each approx. 25 x 28 x 5.5 cm.
Shown here: 766/89 (Metapherzhal 2), 766/89 (Metapherzhal 6) and 766/89 (Metapherzhal 9); Photo: Nikolaus Steglich, Starnberg; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022.

Modell zu Unisono

Color Space Unisono, 1975; Model; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Ohne Titel, um 1968

Untitled, c. 1968; silkscreen/plexiglass; 46 x 40.2 x 10.5 cm; spatial object with front (red-blue) and rear (blue-yellow) views; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Modell zur Idee„Farbe tanken“

Model for the idea "Farbe tanken", o.J.; acrylic/wood; 52 x 50 x 51 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Main room
WVG 175

Portfolio Rupprecht Geiger - Metaphor Zahl (WVG 175), 1985-1989; 10 serigraphs by Rupprecht Geiger ; serigraphs/Velin de Creysse, 250 g with deckle edge; each 80.5 x 107 cm ; Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg ; Printed by: Heidi Hoffmann, Hans-Jürgen and Kyrill Slusallek, Friedberg; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

WV 747

766h/84 (Metaphor Number 7) (WV 747), 1984; acrylic/wood; 110 x 120 x 24 cm; Photo: Archiv Geiger, Munich; Photo: Marian Wilheim, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Office with library of Rupprecht Geiger
WVG 125/10

WVG 125/10; from the portfolio Geiger - Modulation, 1969; serigraphy/cardboard, 280 g; 48 x 32 cm; various editions; edition number: PA 2/5; edition x of the publishing house Gernot v. Pape, Munich, edited by Fred Jahn, Munich; printed by Laube, Munich; photo: Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Money box - luminous yellow, 1994

Money box - luminous yellow, 1994; lacquer paint/handmade stainless steel objects, 37 x 41.5 x 15 cm; 100 numbered, signed copies; EDITION S, artline DESIGN, published by DSVKUNSTKONTOR im Deutschen Sparkassenverlag,Stuttgart; photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Money box - luminous bright red, 1994

Money box - luminous bright red, 1994; Lacquer paint/handmade stainless steel objects, 37 x 41.5 x 15 cm; 100 numbered, signed copies; EDITION S, artline DESIGN, published by DSVKUNSTKONTOR at Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

WVG 224

WVG 224; Berlin Red II, 2005; serigraph with original pigments/BFK Rives, 300 g with deckle edge 75 x 81 cm 97 num., sig. Ex.; Walter Storms Galerie, Munich Print: Ekkeland Götze, Munich; Photo: Florian Seidel, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

On the way to the pigment room
WVG 234

WVG 234; Yellow to Orange, 2008; Five-color serigraph/somerset laid paper, 300 g with deckle edge; 70 x 100 cm, 50 + X num., sig. Ex.; Print: Hans-Peter Haas, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

WVG 235

WVG 235; Red active, 2008; Six-color serigraphy/somerset laid paper, 300g with deckle edge; 70 x 100 cm, 50 + X num., sig. Ex.; HPH Edition, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; Printed by: Hans-Peter Haas, Echterdingen near Stuttgart; As a gift to the artist on the occasion of the exhibition for the 100th in the gallery; Silkscreen Hans-Peter Haas, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 2008; Photo: Andreas Pauly, Munich; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022