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Whale of a Good Time
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Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927)
Whale of a Good Time
signed 'Alechinsky' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky, Whale of a Good Time, XI 1961 N.Y.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50 x 88 3/8in. (127 x 224.5cm.)
Painted in 1961
Whale of a Good Time
signed 'Alechinsky' (lower right); signed, titled and dated 'Alechinsky, Whale of a Good Time, XI 1961 N.Y.' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
50 x 88 3/8in. (127 x 224.5cm.)
Painted in 1961
Provenance
Gallery Lefebre, New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Titelman, Pennsylvania.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 June 1996, lot 18.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Titelman, Pennsylvania.
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 June 1996, lot 18.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Special notice
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