Alfred Leslie
(New York, United States, 1927 - 2023, Brooklyn, New York)
Alfred Leslie
1974
Lithograph on paper
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Purchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the L. L. Bottsford Estate Fund
1975.16
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In 1962 Alfred Leslie abandoned creating abstract art and began painting the human figure. Today he is well known for extremely large canvasses portraying the figure in an almost hyper-realistic style. Leslie's figures are usually bathed in an eerie light that emanates from an unseen source. As this self-portrait demonstrates, Leslie's dramatic technique lends his otherwise common figures an otherworldly presence.
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Self portraitsEtching