Rainer Fetting *

(born in Wilhelmshaven 1949)
Taxi, 1998, monogrammed RF, titled and dated on the reverse, oil on linen, 70 x 100 cm, framed
Provenance:
Galerie Fahlbusch, Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim
Private Collection, Southern Germany
Sale, Ketterer Kunst, 20 April 2013, lot 627
Private Collection, Northern Germany (acquired from the above)

Fetting lived in New York from 1983 to 1994; the yellow cabs, which flow through the streets like a steady stream, became for him a symbol of the city, and he began his series of taxi photographs in 1991. Similar works can be found, for example, at the Städel Museum.

„How can I catch New York in a typical way and transfer it to painting?“
Rainer Fetting
Specialist: Joëlle Romba