Untitled

Artist Pierre Alechinsky Belgian, born 1927

DateNot dated, ca. 1960

MediumInk on laid paper

DimensionsImage Size: 18 3/4 x 24 7/16 in. (47.6 x 62.1 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/8 x 29 1/2 in. (60.6 x 74.9 cm)
Matboard: 27 3/8 x 33 in. (69.5 x 83.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.

Object number2008.3.1

On View

Not on view

Collections

Modern and Contemporary Art
Works on Paper

SignedSigned lower right, in brown pencil: Alechinsky with a short underline under the letters 'chin'

InscribedIn ink on verso: "Aberbach". In pencil on corrugated cardboard backing : "#2".

MarkingsPrinted label on backing: large red letter "L" logo over "Lefebre Gallery/ 47 East 77th St./ New York 21 New York/ Rhinelander 4-3384". Typed on the left side of the label, perpendicular to the address: "Alechinsky, Encre sur Papier"

DescriptionCombination of calligraphic brushtrokes forming curved, biomorphic forms and a triangle on the left with surrounding spaces filled with quickly brushed black ink and black ink washes, drips and splashes. The drawing is largely confined to an approximate rectangle about 1/2" inside the edge of the paper.

The paper sheet is torn along a straight edge at top and bottom, natural edge at left and right.

Simple flat molded frame with slightly rounded face edge. Clear finished mahogany silver leafed on face edge. Under plexi.Exhibition History"Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, April 5, 2008 - Sept. 14, 2008.

"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.ProvenanceNew York, NY, Lefebre Gallery
Great Neck, NY, Sam Mintz
2002, Guilderland, NY, Stephen and Nancy Mintz Sills (by inheritance)
2008, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust