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Sold with a certificate from the artist dated 15 February 1999.
La courbe maternelle
Details
Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927)
La courbe maternelle
signed 'Alechinsky' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky LA COURBE MATERNELLE 1967' (on the reverse.)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
46 1/2 x 59 1/2in. (118 x 151cm.)
Executed in August 1967
La courbe maternelle
signed 'Alechinsky' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky LA COURBE MATERNELLE 1967' (on the reverse.)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
46 1/2 x 59 1/2in. (118 x 151cm.)
Executed in August 1967
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by Stphane Janssen in 1968
Literature
F. Nourissier, 'Pourquoi j'aime Alechinsky', Connaissances des Arts, Paris, May-June 1968, no. 195, pp. 102-107 (illustrated in colour).
X. Gilles, 'Une collection de gentils monstres', L'Oeil, Paris, October 1973, no. 219, pp. 64-69, (illustrated p. 66 and in colour p. 67). L. Moulin, Ces Belges, reflets de la Belgique, Brussels 1980, p. 216 (illustrated).
X. Gilles, 'Une collection de gentils monstres', L'Oeil, Paris, October 1973, no. 219, pp. 64-69, (illustrated p. 66 and in colour p. 67). L. Moulin, Ces Belges, reflets de la Belgique, Brussels 1980, p. 216 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie La Balance, Pierre Alechinsky, propos de Binche: acryliques, cires, encres, November-December 1967.
Bruges, Stadshallen, Eerste Trinnale voor Plastichen Kunst in Belgi, July-September 1968, no. 1.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Pierre Alechinsky, January-February 1969, no. 44. This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Febraury-March 1969 and Dsseldorf, Kunstverein fr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, March-April 1969, no. 41.
Scottsdale, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, A Museum in the Making, Alechinsky and Alquin, April-September 1996, no. 10 (illustrated in colour).
Bruges, Stadshallen, Eerste Trinnale voor Plastichen Kunst in Belgi, July-September 1968, no. 1.
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Pierre Alechinsky, January-February 1969, no. 44. This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Febraury-March 1969 and Dsseldorf, Kunstverein fr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, March-April 1969, no. 41.
Scottsdale, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, A Museum in the Making, Alechinsky and Alquin, April-September 1996, no. 10 (illustrated in colour).