Altes Zeichen . 1949. Oil on paper, laid on backing board. Lower right signed and dated. With an inscription on the backing board. 49.9 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in), the full sheet. Backing board: 50,8 x 71 cm (20 x 27,9 in). [AR]. • Impressive document the new spirit in abstract post-war modernism on a quest for new forms of expresion. • Fritz Winter is considered a key protagonist of this era. • The year this work was made, he was a founding member of the group "Zen 49" together with Rupprecht Geiger, Willi Baumeister and Rolf Cavael. • For the first time offered on the international auction market (source: artprice.com). • Starting in autumn of 2023, the Neue Galerie in Kassel honors the artist with the solo show "Fritz Winter. documenta-Künstler der ersten Stunde" . We are grateful to the Fritz-Winter-Foundation at Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.