Abstrakte Komposition. 1951.
Oil on canvas.
Inscribed "62a" and dated on the reverse, as well as inscribed "160" by a hand other than that of the artist. 60 x 81 cm (23.6 x 31.8 in).
With the estate label of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, here typographically inscribed "TW 322, Theodor Werner, Komposition 62a/1951".
• High-contrast and colorful composition of the work phase of the "Gezackte Formbildung".
• 1950 - 1955 member of the artist group ZEN 49.
• 1955 and 1959 participation in documenta I and II in Kassel.
• The artistic estate is now in the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich.

PROVENANCE: Artist's studio.
Artist's estate (with the label on the reverse)
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: Theodor Werner. Ausgewählte Arbeiten 1934-1965, Karl & Faber, Munich, March 10 - April 29, 1988, cat. no. 10 (color illu.).

LITERATURE: Lohkamp Brigitte, Theodor Werner. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Deutschen Abstrakten Malerei und Künstlerästhetik, Munich 1975, p. 211, catalog rasionné no. 268.

Good overall impression. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.