Der Buddha lächelt. 1972/1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Monogrammed and dated lower right. Typographically titled lower left. 263 x 235 cm (103.5 x 92.5 in). [AW].

• Large-format depiction of Buddha in Paeffgen's characteristic visual language full of wit and whimsy.
• Paeffgen alters real photographs, so that the works, in their reduced form, provoke thought.
• In 1992, he participated in the documenta IX in Kassel.
• Claus Otto Paeffgen's works are in renowned museums, including the Museum Folkwang, Essen, the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Hans Mayer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, Hamburg.
Levy Galerie, Hamburg.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2008).