


Punta Animas
Punta Animas presents Peter Alexander's characteristic mastery of atmospheric luminosity, rendered here in oil and wax on an unlined canvas measuring approximately 122 by 135 centimeters. The wax medium, a signature element of Alexander's mature practice, lends the surface an almost translucent depth, allowing light to appear embedded within the paint rather than merely reflected from it. The work embodies the quiet intensity associated with Alexander's sustained engagement with the Southern California light environment, a sensibility rooted in his formative years alongside the Light and Space movement in Los Angeles and carried forward into an increasingly personal visual language. The canvas retains its original unlined state, a detail that preserves the inherent tension and responsiveness of the support as the artist would have worked on it. Condition examination under ultraviolet light reveals no evidence of inpainting, confirming the work's integrity and offering collectors a picture that reads entirely as Alexander's own hand throughout. Scattered minor abrasions are present, most notably a vertical passage through the center of the composition, consistent with the natural history of a work of this age and entirely in keeping with the expected condition of an unframed canvas in private hands. Alexander, who trained at the University of Southern California and later at UCLA, built a career that placed him among the most thoughtful colorists of his generation on the West Coast. Punta Animas, signed by the artist, represents a compelling opportunity to acquire a substantial and resolved example of his work, with dimensions that command significant presence on the wall while retaining an intimacy of surface that rewards close looking.
- Medium
- Oil and wax on canvas
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Heritage Auctions, Dallas, United States
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- Gallery · Heritage AuctionsView on map
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