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Alfred Jensen - The New Museum
Poster ID: CL44598
Category: Miscellaneous/Exhibition and Exposition
Designer: Alfred Jensen
Year: 1970s
Country: American
Approximate Size 35 x 22 inches
Condition: Very Good
Price: $250

1978 - poster is hand-signed by Alfred Jensen. (PaceWildenstein, Beverly Hills) Alfred Jensen (1903-1981) was best known for his checkerboard-like paintings in which numbers, symbols and words were applied to the canvas like frosting on a cake. Jensen worked with a limited palette, relying mostly on primary colors, to create his densely packed compositions. He was by age and by training a contemporary of the Abstract Expressionists. He studied with Hans Hoffman, was friends with Mark Rothko and Sam Francis, and began painting in a gestural style similar to works being made by artists of the New York school in the 1940's and 1950's. But in 1957 Jensen turned away from expressive gesture in favor of a more hard edged geometry. His subsequent works could be described as decorative, as the geometric patterns he employed created beautiful compostions akin to Islamic rugs and tiles.

Keywords: Exhibition,Alfred Jensen