By Pierre Alechinsky
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Pierre Alechinsky
Invisible Flying object - 1977
Print - Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper 25.75'' x 19.5''
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 10/100
After completing his studies at the École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1947, Pierre Alechinsky immediately became one of the founders and most active members of the CoBrA group . He began working with other members 'four-handed', especially with Appel and Dotremont, producing oil paintings filled with a multitude of small figures; his taste for ironical titles and curved lines was already becoming evident.
After Cobra disbanded, Alechinsky moved to Paris where he studied printmaking and moved in Surrealist circles. His work contains residual figurative motifs, such as goblins, reptiles of every description, volcanoes, and rushing streams. The beasts and geographical elements arouse disquiet as well as smiles of complicity.
The recipient of the Andrew Mellon...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
