Pierre AlechinskyBelgian, 1927With Raised Hand (A main levée)
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Not on view at present
Where is “With Raised Hand (A main levée)” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 547.1978
In the catalog
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- The Museum of Modern Art
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In the life of Pierre Alechinsky
The whole life1960s
Ink and Eastern calligraphy
Alechinsky moves to more fluid materials — ink — becomes fascinated by Eastern calligraphy and grows close to the Chinese painter Wallace Ting, who lived in the United States.
1965
Breton invites him to the Surrealist exhibition
André Breton invites Alechinsky to take part in the 10th International Exhibition of Surrealist Art.
1965
Switches to acrylics and a comic-strip manner
Under Wallace Ting’s influence he begins working in acrylics in a technique close to comics.
1969
Exhibition of the 1958–1968 works in Düsseldorf
The Düsseldorf Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen presents Alechinsky’s works of 1958–1968; the catalogue “Pierre Alechinsky: Werke 1958–1968” is published.
