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Alfred Jensen
A Circumpolar Journey, Per I, Per II, Per III, Per IV1973

Not on view
Square textile with a dense grid of small embroidered squares, each containing a symbol — X, cross, chevron, arch, or dash — in contrasting thread colors against vivid multicolored backgrounds
Painting composed of a dense grid of small colored squares, each containing a repeated symbol — arrows, X marks, parallel lines, or curved forms — rendered in contrasting colors with thick, textured brushwork across the entire canvas.
Painting composed of a dense grid of small square cells, each filled with a bold symbol — including crosses, parallel strokes, arrowheads, curved forms, and circular marks — painted in white or black over richly colored backgrounds of red, orange, blue, green, yellow, brown, and black, with visible impasto texture throughout.
Oil painting with thick impasto texture, composed of a grid of small square cells in red, orange, yellow, blue, green, brown, and dark navy, each containing a repeated mark such as parallel lines, diagonal slashes, crosses, or curved strokes in white or black.
Artist or Maker
Alfred Jensen
Guatemala, active United States, 1903-1981
Title
A Circumpolar Journey, Per I, Per II, Per III, Per IV
Place Made
Guatemala, active United States
Date Made
1973
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
96 x 96 in. (243.84 x 243.84 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Gribin in honor of Stephanie Barron and Maurice Tuchman
Accession Number
AC1993.129.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1993, vol. 31, no. 1-11 (January-November, 1993).