Pierre Alechinsky (b. Bruxelles 1927)
“Tunnel”. Signed Alechinsky 1983 with dedication “à Michel Sicard, avec amitié 27 août 1983”. Acrylic and watercolour with etching on Japan Paper. 96×65 cm.
From this original drawing, a series of etchings have been produced with the margin made in pochoir and printed in 35 copies.
Literature: Michel Butor et Michel Sicard: “Alechinsky, Travaux d’impression”, Paris, éditions Galilée, 1992, p. 64. Provenance: Private collection, France.
Literature: Pierre Alechinsky & Michel Butor: Le Chien roi, Repères, Paris, Daniel Lelong, editor, 1984. Poem by Michel Butor for “Tunnel”, pp. 16–17: “Oh, let it sink! The ghost train rushes across this planetary catastrophe in the white night, and all around, Saint Anthony’s Temptation is felt in full force: not only the Queen of Sheba on her elephant with her mother-of-pearl brocade dress decorated alternately with mother-of-pearl, coral and red algae [...] but also Nebuchadnezzar disguised as a beast, a naked man sitting in the middle of the sand with folded legs and a large vibrating halo hanging behind him."
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Paintings & sculptures, 8 December 2020