Alfred Leslie

Irvin Brenner, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, Allan Stone Gallery, Alfred Leslie, 1951-1962: Expressing the Zeitgeist, October - December 2004, cat. no. 20, n.p., illustrated in color
New York, Allan Stone Projects, Alfred Leslie: Abstraction 1951-1962, October - December 2015

This work is in good condition overall. The collaged sheets are intact and the edges are deckled and unevenly cut. There is pale time staining to the sheets and evidence of wear and minor tears at various edges. The edges of the sheet are undulated. There is scattered, hairline pigment separation in the areas of heavy pigment, most noticeably in the top right quadrant of yellow pigment and at the lower right edge. There is minor pigment loss at the center right edge. A noticeable lifting of the sheet and subsequent hairline break in the pigment runs vertically from the lower center edge to the center of the work. Framed under glass.
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