Komposition. 1972.
Oil on canvas.
Lower left signed and dated. Once more signed and dated, as well as titled and inscribed with the work number "72/15" on the reverse. 130 x 97 cm (51.1 x 38.1 in).
In the original studio frame. [KT].
• Ritschl is one of the most important representatives of abstract painting in Germany.
• He exhibited at documenta 1 in 1955 and at docuementa II in 1959, the same year he was awarded the Art Prize at the Künstlerbund exhibition
• In 1955, he had his first major retrospective at the Museum Wiesbaden.
• Works by the artist can be found in the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen in Munich and the Sprengel Museum in Hanover.

PROVENANCE:
Private collection Bavaria.

LITERATURE:
Wolf Mirus, Otto Ritschl. Das Werkverzeichnis 1919-1976, Munich 2017, no. 1972/15 (illu.).

In good condition. Isolated small spots of unobtrusive craquelure. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.