{"product_id":"horst-becking-b-1937-hagen-o-t-untitled-1998-mixed-media-on-paper-exhibition-label-fritz-winter-haus-ahlen-2000","title":"Horst Becking (b. 1937, Hagen) — o.T. (Untitled), 1998 Mixed media on paper — Exhibition label: Fritz-Winter-Haus, Ahlen, 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original work on paper by Horst Becking, the established German abstract artist born in Hagen in 1937, whose work has appeared regularly at German auction houses and in galleries throughout his career spanning over five decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe composition is a richly layered mixed-media work combining watercolour, gouache and what appears to be collaged handwritten text — a recurring element in Becking's practice that introduces typographic and poetic tension into his abstract compositions. Bold fields of crimson, burgundy, cobalt blue and white surge across the surface, anchored by a horizontal blue stroke that creates a vivid horizon line. The handwritten script — in French, suggesting a literary or epistolary source — runs across the entire surface, integrating word and image in a single expressive field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work is fully documented with its original gallery label on the reverse, identifying it as catalogue Nr. 8 from the exhibition held at the prestigious Fritz-Winter-Haus, Ahlen, Germany, from 15 January – 12 March 2000 — a museum dedicated to postwar German abstraction. The original exhibition price was 2.900.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist: Horst Becking (b. 1937, Hagen, Germany)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: o.T. (Ohne Titel \/ Untitled)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear: 1998\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Mixed media (watercolour, gouache, collaged text) on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 21 × 30 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned: \"Becking\" lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Fritz-Winter-Haus, Ahlen — Exhibition 15.1.–12.3.2000, Nr. 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good; framed under glass with white mount\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fully documented and exhibition-labelled original work by an established figure in postwar German abstract art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RC Galerie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57004911821124,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/7567\/4948\/files\/20260630_145958.jpg?v=1784552867","url":"https:\/\/rc-galerie.com\/products\/horst-becking-b-1937-hagen-o-t-untitled-1998-mixed-media-on-paper-exhibition-label-fritz-winter-haus-ahlen-2000","provider":"RC Galerie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}