Pierre Alechinsky

Acquired by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1958

Melbourne, Museum of Modern Art (& travelling), Art in Industry, 1964-1965
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Le Musée dans l'Usine, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1966
Quebec, Museum (& travelling), Art in the Factory / Le Musée dans l'Usine, 1968–1969
Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum (& travelling), Le Musée dans l'Usine, 1970-1971
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1972
Tilburg, Kultureel Centrum, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1979
Zevenaar, Turmac, 30 Jaar Peter Stuyvesant Collectie: Hommage à Spinoza, 1990
Barcelona, Fondación Miró; Zaragoza, Palacio de la Lonja; Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad, El Arte Funciona, 1992
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992, p. 31, illustrated in colour 
Sevilla, World EXPO '92, Art in the Factory, 1992, no. 1
Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, l'Art Actif, 1992

Harry Abrams, Hans Jaffé, et al., Adventure in Art, An International Group of Art Collections in Industrial Environments, Milan & Amsterdam 1970, p. 135, illustrated in colour

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly softer in the original work. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a faint stretcher mark running parallel to the top edge. There are networks of stable hairline craquelures scattered in places throughout the paint surface, most notably drying cracks to some of the white impasto areas of paint which have resulted in some associated small paint losses. Two spots of paint loss 10 cm. from the top edge and 32 cm. from the left edge. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals one retouch in the upper right corner located 11 cm. from the top edge and 26 cm. from the right edge and some small retouches along the right edge
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