
Dorado
1983
Dorado, completed in 1983, presents Peter Alexander's signature command of atmospheric light through the medium of lithography. Soft gradations of color dissolve into one another across the composition, evoking the luminous, haze-saturated quality of Southern California light that has long defined Alexander's visual sensibility. The work demonstrates his refined ability to translate the ephemeral qualities of atmosphere, the kind more often associated with painting, into the precise and demanding language of printmaking. Alexander, a central figure in the Light and Space movement that emerged from Los Angeles in the 1960s, brought to his works on paper the same meditative attention to perceptual experience that distinguished his resin and cast polyester sculptures. Dorado exemplifies this continuity, offering collectors a work in which color functions not as boundary or form but as environment, drawing the eye into a field of warm, shimmering tonality. The title itself, evoking gold and the legendary, reinforces the sense of a world suffused with radiant, almost mythic illumination. Published in an edition of 300 and hand-signed by the artist, this lithograph represents an accessible yet historically significant entry point into Alexander's practice. Available through Cirrus Gallery and Cirrus Editions Ltd, the Los Angeles publisher with whom Alexander maintained a longstanding collaborative relationship, the work carries strong provenance aligned with the institutional heart of West Coast printmaking. At 38.1 by 43.2 centimeters, its intimate scale belies the expansiveness of its visual effect, making it well-suited for both focused private collections and broader holdings in postwar California art.
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- Lithograph
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- Yes
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