Auction: 27 days
As of Mar 18, 2026
Mixed media . Oil, graphite, India ink or scriptol. Signed and dated in the lower right. On light cardboard. 61 x 43 cm. , size of sheet. [CH].
- An appealing interplay of glazed areas of color, calligraphic lines, omissions, and strong light-dark contrasts. - Fritz Winter's works were displayed at documenta I and III in Kassel as early as 1955 and 1964. - As a leading representative of German Informel, he exhibited in the United States as early as the 1950s, including in several exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. - Today, his work is part of important museum collections, including the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
LITERATURE: Gabriele Lohberg, Fritz Winter. Leben und Werk mit Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und einem Anhang der sonstigen Techniken, Munich 1986, CR no. 2804 (illu. in b/w).
Private collection, South Germany
In very good condition.