Umgeben von leuchtendem Rot. 1990.
Mixed media on canvas.
Melchior 9/23. Lower right signed and dated. Titled on the reverse. 210 x 180 cm (82.6 x 70.8 in).
[AM].

• A color explosion from the artist's late creative period.
• Fred Thieler was a protagonist of German Informalism.
• When our work was made, Thieler also executed the prestigious ceiling painting "Nachthimmel" for the Munich Residenztheater (completed in 1991).
• For the first time on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE: Private collection Northern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Fred Thieler. Ein Himmel für München, Galerie Heseler, Munich, September 13 - October 26, 1991 (with illu. p. 3).
Fred Thieler. Bilder und Gouachen, Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen, June 10 - July 10, 1992.

LITERATURE: Andrea Firmenich, Jörn Merkert (eds.), Fred Thieler. Monographie und Werkverzeichnis. Bilder von 1942-1993, Cologne 1995, p. 428, no. 9/23 (no illu.).