The "Venus Sipontina" is one of the 26 images in Wolfgang Lettl's "Gray Series" (1985-88)

The theme of the painting is respectively shown through a plate on the frame. On the back is an image attached, presumably painted on paper. There are objects on the frame.

In several variations of this series a classic element of the style of Surrealism is experimentally employed: Paint things that do not fit into an unreal space and surprising, more or less significant compositions will result.

In this picture, Wolfgang Lettl uses a nude of his wife and lover Franziska, which he painted in the Impressionist style as a background image.

In this regard he thought: “Your wife as a model is the ideal case, she is always available and if something is still missing in a painting, she can be laid down, she is always fine. As time goes by, you know it by heart, then you no longer need a model, or only very rarely a detail. Even the clothespins are always at my disposal, even if they are beautifully colored and lie so wonderfully still, that they cannot compete with my Venus. "