
Lettre d'amour (Love Letter)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- plate: 5 x 3 11/16" (12.7 x 9.4 cm); page: 9 1/16 x 6 7/8" (23 x 17.5 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Alice Rahon
Artist

Painting
Alice Phillipot (Alice Rahon) (8 June 1904 – September 1987) was a French-born Mexican poet and artist whose work contributed to the beginning of abstract expression in Mexico. She began as a surrealist poet in Europe but began painting in Mexico. She was a prolific artist from the late 1940s to the 1960s, exhibiting frequently in Mexico and the United States, with a wide circle of friends in these two countries. Her work remained tied to surrealism but was also innovative, including abstract elements and the use of techniques such as sgraffito and the use of sand for texture. She became isolated in her later life due to health issues.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Alice Rahon
- Year
- 1944
- Dimensions
- plate: 5 x 3 11/16" (12.7 x 9.4 cm); page: 9 1/16 x 6 7/8" (23 x 17.5 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1944-M008773
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified



