Neben der blauen Vertikalen. 1970.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in the lower right. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 130 x 97 cm (51.1 x 38.1 in). [AW].

• The extremely complex composition has been part of the same private collection for over 40 years.
• Since he took part in documenta I (1955), Winter has been regarded as a leading representative of German Informalism and abstract Post-War Modernism.
• Winter has had exhibitions in the USA since the 1950s and was featured in, among others, two exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
• Works by the artist can be found in renowned museums, including the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1981).

LITERATURE: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, auction 583, May 30, 1981, lot 933 (illu. in color on plate 7).