Oil on paper , laid on canvas. Lower right signed and dated. Once more signed and dated on the reverse, as well as titled and inscribed "Diessen". 74.5 x 100 cm.
[AR].
- Balanced, large-format composition from the informal early work. - Since his participation in documenta I (1955), Winter had been considered one of the leading representatives of German Informalism and abstract post-war modernism. - The artist's works were shown in two exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in the 1950s.
LITERATURE: Christie's London, Contemporary Art, April 6, 1989, lot 537 (fig.). Christie's London, German and Austrian Art, October 8, 1998, lot 221 (colr illu.).