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Pictorial Review
1935 · Drypoint and lithograph
Comp. 7 13/16 x 13 15/16" (19.9 x 35.3 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Alexander Brook
?–1980
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16
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11
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15
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Portraits from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1954–1955
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American Paintings from the Museum Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1948–1949
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Painting, Sculpture, Prints
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Alexander Brook was an American painter and printmaker active from the early twentieth century through the 1970s. Working primarily in oil and etching, he developed a figurative practice rooted in American realism, with particular attention to portraiture and domestic interiors. His work demonstrates a sustained commitment to descriptive representation at a moment when abstraction dominated critical discourse.
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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