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Alfred Jensen, Emission Spectrum, 1975, oil on canvas, 74 x 37" (188 x 94 cm) 37 x 37" (94 x 94 cm), two panels, each © 2019 Estate of Alfred Jensen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Alfred Jensen

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b. 1903, Guatemala City
d. 1981, Livingston, New Jersey

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Alfred Jensen is recognized as one of the great abstract painters of his generation and a precursor of Conceptual art.

Evidenced throughout his production is an evolution of knowledge, philosophical thought, and consciousness that builds upon relational concepts. He was inspired by his wide-ranging studies of systems and philosophies, extending from theories of color and light, mathematics, and scientific formulations to the Mayan calendar, hieroglyphics, and systems of divination such as the I Ching. Using a bold polychromatic palette and gridded compositions, Jensen structured his paintings and works on paper with overlapping systems of forms, colors, signs, and numbers.

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Alfred Jensen, The River Diagram: Lo Shu, 1971, oil on canvas, 60 x 60" (152.4 x 152.4 cm) © 2019 Estate of Alfred Jensen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Alfred Jensen, Galaxy I and Galaxy II, 1958, oil on canvas, 46 x 80" (116.8 x 203.2 cm) two panels, each: 46 x 40" (116.8 x 101.6 cm) © 2019 Estate of Alfred Jensen / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York