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Artists›Pierre Alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky

Pierre Alechinsky

1927

Brussels, Belgium

PaintingExpressionismCoBrALyrical Abstraction

Representation

None documented

12

Institutional Exhibitions

443

Works in Collection

890

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Cultural Positioning

Movements

• Expressionism
• CoBrA
• Lyrical Abstraction

Related Artists

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Pierre Alechinsky: A Print Retrospective

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Artworks (443)

Traité des Excitants Modernes

1989 · 14 linoleum cuts with 15 spitbite and sugarlift aquatints

Museum of Modern Art

Cover from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in black

plate 10 3/8 x 8 1/8" (26.3 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 12) from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint and etching, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 3/16 x 18 5/8" (36 x 47.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poèmes à Voir

1986 · Illustrated book with twelve lift ground aquatint and etchings, two lift ground aquatints and a supplementary suite of 11 lift ground aquatints

irreg. page 15 9/16 x 19 7/8" (39 x 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 6) from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint and etching, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 3/16 x 15 11/16" (33.5 x 39.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in black

plate 10 3/8 x 8 1/8" (26.3 x 20.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 8) from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint and etching, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 7/16 x 18 1/4" (36.7 x 46.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (folio 10) from POÈMES À VOIR

1986 · Lift ground aquatint and etching, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 3/16 x 18 5/16" (36 x 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Mais où sont-ils (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Related artists

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Shared movement

Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky

Shared movement

Shared movement

Shared movement

Marsden Hartley

Marsden Hartley

Shared movement

Shared movement

Adolph Gottlieb

Adolph Gottlieb

Richard Artschwager

Richard Artschwager

Record

Movements and affiliations

Lyrical Abstraction

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Freeman's|Hindman

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Jul 2025	€10,000 – €15,000	Unsold