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Melmoth
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Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927)
Melmoth
signed 'Alechinsky'(lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky "Melmoth" 1970 (NY)' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
45¼ x 60½in. (115 x 154cm.)
Executed in New York in 1970
Melmoth
signed 'Alechinsky'(lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky "Melmoth" 1970 (NY)' (on the reverse)
acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
45¼ x 60½in. (115 x 154cm.)
Executed in New York in 1970
Provenance
Halvor N. Astrup, Oslo.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 23 February 1989, lot 343 (sold for 55,000 gbp).
Anon. sale; Sotheby's London, 23 February 1989, lot 343 (sold for 55,000 gbp).
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Pierre Alechinsky, Paintings and Writings, October 1977-January 1978, no. 77 (illustrated p. 222). This exhibition later travelled to Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, March-April 1978.
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