The Lady's Flowers
Alfred Leslie was brought to the attention of kingmaker critic Clement Greenberg by Elaine de Kooning. John Bernard Meyers gave him his first solo show at Tibor de Nagy Gallery in 1952. His intuitive, unpolished and aggressive style qualified him as a second-generation Abstract Expressionist, and his paintings were soon admired by emerging artists such as Frank Stella. Like most artists of the New York School, Leslie chose his titles after his pictures were finished. The Lady’s Flowers refers to a 1943 novel by Jean Genet, Notre-Dame des Fleurs, in which an imprisoned thief conjures in a dream an imaginary, improbable, but saintly lady.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Lady's Flowers
- Artist: Alfred Leslie (American, New York 1927–2023 New York)
- Date: 1953
- Medium: Oil and newspaper on canvas
- Dimensions: 85 1/2 × 72 1/8 in. (217.2 × 183.2 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: The Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman Collection, Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.32.37
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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