Vor der Nacht. 1951.
Oil on paper, laid on canvas.
Lohberg 1196. Signed and dated lower left. Verso of stretcher with inscription "KM 241". 50 x 70 cm (19,6 x 27,5 in).

PROVENANCE: Galerie Orangerie, Cologne.
Galerie Stefan Höpke, Cologne (with label on rear of frame).

EXHIBITION: Galleria della Fenice, Venice 1952 (verso with stamp as well as with fragments of a label on stretcher).

LITERATURE: Fritz Winter, Werke 1949 bis 1956, published by Galerie Marbach, catalog Marbach no. 147-581, Bern 1968, cat. no. 241, with illu. (verso with label).

Fritz Winter's works from the early 1950s must be perceived as lyrical abstractions. The contrast of graded color fields and lines creates the spatial effectof his so-called ''Formzeichen'' (form sign) or ''Bandzeichen'' (band sign) images. [EH].