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Galaxy Painting, ca. 1925

1925

Original gouache illustration on board. English circa 1970. Unframed. Unsigned.

Original gouache of a fish and coral by Wiener Werkstatte artist, Ena Rottenberg. Signed with her initials on the lower right edge of the image. Likely a design for a porcelain plate...

"Galaxy" is an acrylic on canvas painting with textured brushwork depicting stars and space in the universe. It is signed on the back. Edges are neatly finished and painted black, so there is no need for additional framing. Every purchase comes with a free, hardcover copy of the beautiful illustrated new book, "Joseph McAleer: Sixty Years." "Joe McAleer's paintings engage us as participants in a complex perceptual game. Comprised of contrasting patterns of color, texture, and form, which fill the canvas from edge to edge, his restless abstractions elude a fleeting encounter. Rather, they absorb our attention with rhythmic structures and visual anomalies designed to stimulate and perplex our senses. McAleer's kaleidoscopic abstractions have their basis in the humble Modernist's grid,......" - Joe Houston, Author "Optic Nerve, Perceptual Art of the 1960s"; Curator, Hallmark Art Collection. McAleer is an artist and lifelong educator based in NJ. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rowan University, and has exhibited his work up and down the east coast, including major solo exhibitions at Bridgette Mayer Gallery and Locks Gallery...

"The Milky Way" is a small, abstract artwork on cardboard. It also uses monotype style. It is minimalistic and at the same time dynamic. The main colors are red, white and gray. T...