LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

80.31 in. (204.00 cm.) (height) by 108.66 in. (276.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Alechinsky' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'PAYSAGE PAR LA TRANCHE VII-VIII-IX-1965 Alechinsky' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Pierre Alechinsky, January-February 1969, no. 17. This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, February-March 1969 and Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, March-April 1969.

Literature:

J. Putman, Alechinsky, Milan 1967 (illustrated in colour, p. 144). X. Gilles, 'Une collection de gentils monstres' in L'oeil, Paris, October 1973, no. 12 (illustrated, p. 69).

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1965.