Post War & Contemporary Art 
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Post War & Contemporary Art 
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John Alexander b.1945

Shipwreck II

1985
oil on canvas 90 h × 120 w in (229 × 305 cm)
estimate: $30,000–50,000
result: $88,200
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Signed and inscribed to verso ‘John Alexander 05251085’.
provenance: The Artist | Private Collection | Acquired from the previous in 1989, Private Collection

This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

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[Alexander's] lines are like stakes that impale the images, like cages that entrap them, like blades of grass that envelop and protect them, like lances that are hurled at them.

Michael Brenson, The New York Times

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