Fritz Winter. 12 Farbtafeln. (12 Color Plates)
Bern: Marbach Verlag, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Oblong Quarto. 17 [1]pp., 12 color plates. Original white wraps with black facsimile signature of Winter on cover. With excerpts from Winter's diaries 1932-1950 and list of plates at front. Fritz Winter studied at the Bauhaus Dessau under Paul Klee and Vassily Kandinsky from 1927-1930.
"Fritz Winter, painter, 46 years old, originating from the self-destructive and tortured center of Europe, belongs to the upcoming generation of painters, who possess the formal, so to speak "academic" munition to give modern painting new content on the formal level, and seaks to execute it." (Haftmann introduction)
Illustrated with twelve intriguing high quality offset reproductions (5 3/8 x 7 1/2") of Fritz Winter's works, protected by wrap-around cellophane sheets per plate. Haftmann's eleven page introduction of Winter's position and work, touches upon the essence as much as task of art in a world grappling with realities that threaten the survival of humanity.
Wraps with light wear and minor rubbing, Cellophane sheets lightly browned. Very good condition. Item #55508
Price: $95.00