Werner Kreuzhage (1904–1989), Blue Fish, 1955

Oil on wood painting depicting an abstracted fish rendered in varying shades of blue. The composition reflects a bold, reduced visual language characteristic of abstract painting of the 1950s. Signed lower left “Kreuzhage” and dated “(19)55.” Inscribed on the reverse. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 50 × 68 cm. Werner Kreuzhage (born 1904 in Witten, died 1989 in Nonnenhorn) was a German abstract painter.