Alice Baber — Untitled
Details
Signed: Hand-signed “Baber” in pencil in the lower right corner.
Sizes:
Frame: 70 × 55 cm | 27.6 × 21.7 in
Artwork: 52 × 37 cm | 20.5 × 14.6 in
This luminous watercolor on paper is a quintessential example of Alice Baber’s exploration of “color light” and organic abstraction. The composition features her signature translucent, overlapping orbs in a vibrant palette of amber, crimson, and soft yellows, creating a sense of fluid movement and radiant depth across the page.
As a prominent figure in the Post-War American abstraction movement, Baber’s work in this piece demonstrates her mastery of the watercolor medium, where delicate washes of color evoke a poetic, celestial atmosphere. The ethereal quality of the overlapping forms highlights her unique ability to infuse abstract shapes with a rhythmic, pulsing vitality.
Provenance
Private Collection, Spain (acquired from the above in 2013).
Condition Report
he work is in good overall condition with vibrant colors. Minor age-related toning is visible along the edges, consistent with age. Housed in a dark wooden frame with a gold inner lip. The frame shows light surface wear and some foxing/staining on the matting. The back of the frame is sealed with brown craft paper, which shows typical signs of aging.
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Alice Baber
Alice Baber was an influential American abstract expressionist painter known for her vibrant use of color and mastery of light. Born in Illinois, she studied at Indiana University and travelled extensively in Europe and Latin America, developing a unique artistic style defined by luminous layers of thin oil paint and characteristic circular, luminous forms. Her work celebrated color as the primary subject, creating compositions that seemed to radiate energy and optical movement.
Throughout her career, Baber exhibited widely in major international galleries and museums, and she was also a passionate curator and champion of women in the arts. Today, her paintings are held in prestigious public and private collections around the world, continuing to gain recognition for their profound contribution to post-war abstraction and her pioneering artistic vision.
