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Spaightwood Galleries
Pierre Alechinsky: The Scream(s)
In the Chinese calendar, the Year of the Snake comes every twelve years. For Alechinsky, a founding member of COBRA (an acronym for the cities that contributed members to the group, Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), the Year of the Snake can be an auspicious one. In 1977, also the Year of the Snake, Alechinsky was awarded the first Andrew W. Mellon Prize for Painting and executed one of the prints we are featuring, also called The Year of the Snake. In 1989, Alechinsky's Guggenheim retrospective which had been traveling in Europe for almost two years had finally come to its end, and now, in 2001, the Year of the Snake has come around again. We are featuring lots of Alechinsky's favorite images: Central Park, snakes, volcanoes, gardens, dog-kings, smiling crocodiles and sea monsters, and people existing as best they can in a world that often seems to invite extreme emotional responses. (Sometimes you just want to scream!)
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Schismes 1 (Maeght 1979, p. 5) Original color lithograph, 1978. 150 signed & numbered impressions. Image size: 325x240mm. Price: $1200.
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Schismes 1I (Maeght 1979, p. 5) Original color lithograph, 1978. 150 signed & numbered impressions. Image size: 325x240mm. Price: $1200.
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Schismes 1V (Maeght 1979, p. 5) Original color lithograph, 1978. 150 signed & numbered impressions. Image size: 325x240mm. Price: $1200.
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Sans Titre I (A. 201). Original color lithograph, 1963. Original color lithograph, 1963. 2000 unsigned impressions for the catalogue of the VIIth Biennale de Sao Paulo (Participation Belge). Image size: 239x408mm. Price: $400.
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Sans Titre II (A. 202).Original color lithograph, 1963. Original color lithograph, 1963. 2000 unsigned impressions for the catalogue of the VIIth Biennale de Sao Paulo (Participation Belge). Image size: 239x408mm. Price: $400.
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Un coup de marteau (A. 200). Original color lithograph, 1963. 2000 unsigned impressions for the cover of the catalogue of the VIIth Biennale de Sao Paulo (Participation Belge). Image size: 238x420mm. Price: $400.
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Crayonnement (A. 525). Original color lithograph, 1972. 100 signed and numbered impressions plus xv artist's proofs. Image size: 490x335mm. Price: $1750.
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D'une venue (ML 1985, p. 17). Original color lithograph, 1984. 150 signed & numbered impressions as ours plus an unknown edition (c. 2000 impressions) signed in the stone. Image size: 315x440mm. Price: $1,300.
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Que se passe-t-il? / What's happening (A. 189). Original color lithograph, 1963. 100 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper (of which this is one) plus an edition of c. 1500, signed in the stone, for the catalogue of a show at the Stedelijk von Abbey Museum. Image size: 330x505mmm. Price: $2750.
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Pierre Alechinsky, Paintings and Writings (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Museum, 1977). Published on the occasion of the award of the first Mellon Prize to Alechinsky, the deluxe edition of 100 is signed by Alechinsky. The book contains essays by Alechinsky on artists like Joan Miró and Bram van Velde, stories by Alechinsky, a photoducmentation of COBRA, and a good selection of Alechinsky's most important early paintings. The work is decorated by reproductions of drawings done especially for the volume. The work is decorated by reproductions of drawings done especially for the volume. Although unsigned copies are presently selling for as much as $125, we are pleased to be able to offer one last book for $50.
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Spaightwood Galleries, Inc.
To purchase, call us at 1-800-809-3343 (508-529-2511 in Upton MA & vicinity) or send an email to sptwd@verizon.net. We accept AmericanExpress, DiscoverCard, MasterCard, and Visa.
For directions and visiting information, please call. We are, of course, always available over the web and by telephone (see above for contact information). Click the following for links to past shows and artists. For a visual tour of the gallery, please click here. For information about Andy Weiner and Sonja Hansard-Weiner, please click here. For a list of special offers currently available, see Specials.
Visiting hours: Noon to six Saturdays and Sundays; other times by arrangement. Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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