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This is a painting by Rupprecht Geiger called
402/64. Geiger was one of Germany's foremost abstract artists and painted mainly in red. (His obituary in 1996 was titled 'A life for the colour red.')
I am writing an essay about 'meaningful and compelling' relationships between art and music. The painting I have chosen is
402/64. The music is Wagner's
Tristan und Isolde and my essay is turning out to be much more interesting than expected .... as essays should be of course.