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Alice Baber โ€” The Green Day of the Jaguar
Alice Baber

The Green Day of the Jaguar

1976

"The Green Day of the Jaguar" by Alice Baber is a luminous oil on canvas that showcases the artist's signature use of translucent, layered color pools that seem to bloom and dissolve across the surface. Radiant passages of green intermingle with warm and cool hues, creating an atmospheric field of light that evokes both the lush vitality of nature and a sense of mystical, untamed energy. Baber's fluid, gestural approach transforms the canvas into a shimmering meditation on color and light, where form emerges and recedes with organic spontaneity.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Painted in 1976โ€“1977.

๐Ÿ”จ Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

May 15, 2024

Estimate: $60,000 โ€“ $80,000

Sold: $133,350

Lot 31

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Alice Baber, The Green Day of the Jaguar, 1976

"The Green Day of the Jaguar" by Alice Baber is a luminous oil on canvas that showcases the artist's signature use of translucent, layered color pools that seem to bloom and dissolve across the surface. Radiant passages of green intermingle with warm and cool hues, creating an atmospheric field of light that evokes both the lush vitality of nature and a sense of mystical, untamed energy. Baber's fluid, gestural approach transforms the canvas into a shimmering meditation on color and light, where form emerges and recedes with organic spontaneity.

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 127 cm
Year
1976
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Green, Bold, Animal, 1970s, American, Expressive, Modern, Colorful, Abstract, Oil on Canvas

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