The Alphabet Paintings series

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The Alphabet Paintings series is a body of large-scale, hard-edged abstract works by American artist Al Held that explores bold geometric forms arranged around letter-like structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf body of work
painting series
artForm painting
associatedWith New York art scene
postwar American painting
colorCharacteristic bold color contrasts
compositionStyle complex spatial arrangements
interlocking planes
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Al Held NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
creatorOccupation painter
exploresTheme architectonic structure in painting
relationship between language and abstraction
spatial ambiguity
genre abstract art
hasCharacteristic geometric forms
hard-edged
large-scale
letter-like structures
hasPart individual Alphabet Paintings
influencedBy Abstract Expressionism NERFINISHED
Constructivism NERFINISHED
European geometric abstraction
mainSubject abstract letter forms
geometric shapes
movement geometric abstraction
hard-edge painting
notableWorkOf Al Held NERFINISHED
usesTechnique acrylic painting
hard-edge technique

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Al Held notableWork The Alphabet Paintings series