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Spaightwood Galleries
120 Main Street, Upton MA 01568-6193; 800-809-3343
Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, b. 1927): Hors text
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, in 2001, we celebrated the Year of the Snake with a large show of Alechinsky's original prints and several drawings; in 2013, the Year of the Sanke will come again, but we have no intention of waiting until then. Only time will tellwhen, but time is whispering in our ears, why not in the fall of 2010 in a salute to Alechinsky's turning 81 (9x9, a number that probably has not significance whatsoever so far as Alechinsky is concerned). 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!) Still, the central act of Alechinsky's art is the making of marks on a sheet of paper, on a canvas, on a copperplate, on a lithographic stone: for that is what distinguishes artists (visual or verbal) from destroyers.
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Hors Text 1 (A. 149). Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed and numbered impressions combining this image with Hors Texte II. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print separately printed of which ours is one. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 319x241mm. Price: $600.
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Hors Text 1I (A. 150). Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed and numbered impressions combining this image with Hors Texte I. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print separately printed of which ours is one. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 319x241mm. Price: $600.
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Hors-Texte III-IV (A. 151-152) Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed and numbered impressions. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print, with centerfold. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 348x565mm. Price: $3250.
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Hors Text V (A. 153). Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed and numbered impressions combining this image with Hors Texte II. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print separately printed of which ours is one. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 319x241mm. Price: $600.
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Hors Text VI (A. 154). Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed and numbered impressions combining this image with Hors Texte I. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print separately printed of which ours is one. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 319x241mm. Price: $600.
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Hors-Texte VII-VIII (A. 155-156) Original color lithograph, 1962 50 signed and numbered impressions. In addition to the deluxe edition, there are also 2000 unsigned impressions of this print, with centerfold. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 348x565mm. Price: $3250.
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Tête-bêche (A. 148). Original color lithograph, 1962. 50 signed & numbered impressions on Arches plus an edition (c. 2000 impression) with centerfold (as ours) signed and titled in the stone for Galerie de France Editeur. A rare early lithograph showing Alechinsky in full COBRA style. Image size: 319x487mm. Price: SOLD .
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A text for Alechinsky when doing without won't do:
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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. Although unsigned copies are presently selling for as much as $125 on the used book market, we are pleased to be able to offer several used copies for $50.00 each.
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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: Saturday and Sunday noon to 6 pm and other times by arrangement.
Please call to confirm your visit. Browsers and guests are welcome.
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