Lot 123
  • 123

Pierre Alechinsky

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Pierre Alechinsky
  • Vol augural
  • signed and dated 1989; signed, titled and dated 1989 on the stretcher

  • India ink and acrylic on collaged aerial navigation maps on paper mounted on canvas
  • 78 3/4 by 78 3/4 in. 200.1 by 200.1 cm.

Provenance

AndrĂ© Emmerich Gallery Inc., New York 
Acquired by the present owner from the above in April 1990  

                                              

Exhibited

New York, André Emmerich Gallery Inc., Pierre Alechinsky: New Work, May 1990, cat. no. 13, illustrated in color

Condition

This work appears in very good condition. There is a light undulation at the corners. There are scattered inconsistencies in the varnish which are visible only under raking light. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work. Framed.
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