Sale 6710
London
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23 October 2002
Price realised
GBP 9,321
Estimate
Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927) Remonter le temps signed and dated 'Alechinsky 1975' (lower right) and titled 'Remonter le temps' (lower left) ink on Japanese paper 72 x 37in. (182.9 x 94cm.) Executed in 1975
Provenance
World House Galleries, West Orange, New Jersey. Lefevre Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 1976.
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The present work is one of the designs executed by the artist for the Brussels subway.
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