Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 125000180
Frame image
Raumbeispiel
125000180
Fritz Winter
Schwingendes Blau, 1956.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,750 - 40,250
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
125000180
Fritz Winter
Schwingendes Blau, 1956.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 28,750 - 40,250
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Fritz Winter
1905 - 1976
Schwingendes Blau. 1956.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower right; signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 70.5 x 80.5 cm (27.7 x 31.6 in). [KA].
• A vibrant composition, rich in contrast with regard to color, form, and stroke.
• Fritz Winter is considered one of the leading figures of German Informalism and Post-war Abstraction.
• In the 1950s, Winter exhibited twice at documenta in Kassel (1955 and 1959) and later again in 1964.
• The artist had his first show in the United States in the 1950s and was represented in, among others, two exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
• The artist’s works are in renowned museums such as the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Dr. Gabriele Lohberg, Krefeld, on March 23, 2026.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Leu, Munich (with a label on the reverse, archive no. 308).
Rüdiger K. Weng, Monheim am Rhein.
Galerie S. R., Cologne (since 1999, Ketterer Kunst).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above between 1999 and 2005).
In family possession since then.
LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 235th auction, Perspective 45/99, October 1, 1999, lot 30 (illustrated).
1905 - 1976
Schwingendes Blau. 1956.
Oil on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated in the lower right; signed, dated, and titled on the reverse. 70.5 x 80.5 cm (27.7 x 31.6 in). [KA].
• A vibrant composition, rich in contrast with regard to color, form, and stroke.
• Fritz Winter is considered one of the leading figures of German Informalism and Post-war Abstraction.
• In the 1950s, Winter exhibited twice at documenta in Kassel (1955 and 1959) and later again in 1964.
• The artist had his first show in the United States in the 1950s and was represented in, among others, two exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
• The artist’s works are in renowned museums such as the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Dr. Gabriele Lohberg, Krefeld, on March 23, 2026.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Leu, Munich (with a label on the reverse, archive no. 308).
Rüdiger K. Weng, Monheim am Rhein.
Galerie S. R., Cologne (since 1999, Ketterer Kunst).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above between 1999 and 2005).
In family possession since then.
LITERATURE: Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 235th auction, Perspective 45/99, October 1, 1999, lot 30 (illustrated).
Headquarters
Joseph-Wild-Str. 18
81829 Munich
Phone: +49 89 55 244-0
Fax: +49 89 55 244-177
info@kettererkunst.de
Louisa von Saucken / Undine Schleifer
Holstenwall 5
20355 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 37 49 61-0
Fax: +49 40 37 49 61-66
infohamburg@kettererkunst.de
Dr. Simone Wiechers / Nane Schlage
Fasanenstr. 70
10719 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 88 67 53-63
Fax: +49 30 88 67 56-43
infoberlin@kettererkunst.de
Cordula Lichtenberg
Gertrudenstraße 24-28
50667 Cologne
Phone: +49 221 510 908-15
infokoeln@kettererkunst.de
Hessen
Rhineland-Palatinate
Miriam Heß
Phone: +49 62 21 58 80-038
Fax: +49 62 21 58 80-595
infoheidelberg@kettererkunst.de
We will inform you in time.