In rarely seen oil paintings such as the 1953 works «Flächenteilung Schwarz - Weiss - Grau 2» (
Field - division black - white - grey 2) and «Flächenteilung Schwarz - Weiss - Grau 1» (
Field - division black - white - grey 1), viewers can see Lassnig exploring an abstract visual
language bolstered by her immersion in the Vienna Art
Club, French avant - garde circles and her relationships with writers including Paul Celan, Friederike Mayröcker and Oswald Wiener.