Ohne Titel. 1965.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower left. 170 x 200 cm (66.9 x 78.7 in).

• The reduced motif as well as a focus on contrasting colors and a photographic adaptation make this a characteristic work of the 1960s.
• Lausen transfers his mental level of perception into a sculptural expression.
• Without any academic training, Uwe Lausen created a striking oeuvre in the course of a short life.
• Privately owned for almost 40 years.

PROVENANCE: From the estate of the artist's family.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1988).

LITERATURE: Selima Niggl, Uwe Lausen. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde 1961-1969, Bremen 2010, WVZ-Nr. 65/26 (m. Abb. S. 53).

"Uwe Lausen's oeuvre ranks among the strongest positions in figurative painting in Germany in the 1960s."
From the press release of the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. Main, on the occasion of the major retrospective in 2010.