Lot 141
  • 141

FRITZ WINTER | Verhaltenes Leuchten

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fritz Winter
  • Verhaltenes Leuchten
  • signed and dated 52; signed, titled and dated Januar 1952 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 50.5 by 60.2 cm. 19 7/8 by 23 3/4 in.

Provenance

Karl Ströher, Darmstadt (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kunst unserer Zeit, Privatsammlung Karl Ströher, 1954, no. 186

Literature

Erika Pohl, Ursula Ströher and Gerhard Pohl, Karl Ströher, Sammler und Sammlung, Stuttgart 1982, p. 341, no. 647, illustrated
Gabriele Lohberg, Fritz Winter: Leben und Werk, Munich 1986, n.p., no. 1350, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the blue tonalities are slightly brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals some minute cracks towards the lower right hand corner tip. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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