Quinte, Lothar - 1923 Neisse / Silesia - 2000 Wintzenbach / France; painter of the avantgarde; among others pupil of Grieshaber; travels to Italy; various art awards: o.T. (composition with circle), color silkscreen, left un. handwritten in pencil num. 22/80, right un. sign. and dat. (19)70, sheet margins/corners slightly dam. Half of sheet partially min. creased, upper margin min. stained, verso min. soiled / stained, sheet size approx. 70 x 69cm, unframed

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