Alice Baber – Untitled

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.

Private Collection, Spain (acquired from the above in 2013).

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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