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John Alexander b.1945

Sacred Ibis, Kingfisher (two works)

2000
watercolor on paper each: 7¾ h × 5¾ w in (20 × 15 cm)
estimate: $1,500–2,000
result: $3,780
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Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge of each work ‘87 Sacred Ibis John Alexander’ and '1 Kingfisher John Alexander’. These unique works are from a series of 100.
provenance: ACRIA, Unframed VIII, 2000 | Private Collection | Wright, Art + Design, 15 July 2021, Lot 255 | Private Collection, New York
literature: Unframed: Artists Respond to AIDS, AIDS Community Research Initiative of America, pg. 111

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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