Fritz Winter - Beschwingt - Fine Art Auctions

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Munich, Germany
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Beschwingt. 1950.
Mixed media on paper, laid on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower left. 51 x 71.5 cm (20 x 28.1 in). [KA].

• A deftly balanced composition with intriguing accentuation.
• In the year of its creation, Winter had his first post-war solo exhibition in Munich and in five other German cities.
• Winter is one of the leading representatives of German Informalism.
• The artist's works are at renowned museums, among them the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

We are grateful to Dr. Gabriele Lohberg, Krefeld, for her kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich (1980).
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1990).
Private collection, Hesse (probably acquired from the above in 2005, Dorotheum, Vienna, May 31, 2005, lot 206).
Galerie Thomas, Munich (acquired from the above in 2006, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, June 2, 2006, lot 111).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above).

LITERATURE: Gabriele Lohberg, Fritz Winter. Leben und Werk mit Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und einem Anhang der sonstigen Techniken, Munich 1986, catalogue raisonné no. 986 (illustrated in b/w)
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Fritz Winter. Werke aus den Jahren 1949 bis 1956, Bern 1968, no. 169 (illustrated in b/w).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 43rd auction, 20th Century, December 2, 1980, lot 1521 (illustrated in b/w).
Dorotheum, Vienna, Auktion Klassische Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst, May 31, 2005, lot 206 (illustrated).
Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 300, Klassiker des XX. Jahrhunderts, June 2, 2006, lot 111 (illustrated).

In good condition. With a small scuff in the left margin of the image. With isolated tiny stains and a few small abrasions that do not impair the overall impression. Mounted on the stretcher with paper tape along the edges of the image. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of a UV light source and to the best of our knowledge and belief.
For information concerning the condition, please view the high resolution image / backside image.