
AF 25
Catalogue
- Year
- 1959
- Dimensions
- 15.3 × 23 cm (6 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Al Held
Artist

Painting
Al Held was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, however, none of these occurred at the same time as any popular emerging style or acted against a particular art form. In the 1950s his style reflected the abstract expressionist tone and then transitioned to a geometric style in the 1960s. During the 1980s, there was a shift into painting that emphasized bright geometric space the deepness of which reflected infinity. From 1963 to 1980 he was a professor of art at Yale University.
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Prime Moments II
1999 · Screenprint, acrylic paint and watercolour on paper
Prime Moments I
1999 · Screenprint, acrylic paint and watercolour on paper
Plate (page 13) from Der Phisosoph (The Philosopher)
1983 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings and supplementary suite of six etchings
Der Philosoph (The Philosopher)
1983 · Illustrated book with six etchings and supplementary suite of six etchings
Duplicate of plate from page 23 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from Der Philosoph (The Philosopher)
1983 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings and supplementary suite of six etchings
Duplicate of plate from page 27 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from Der Philosoph (The Philosopher)
1983 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings and supplementary suite of six etchings
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- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
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