9. 9AR PIERRE ALECHINSKY (B. 1927) Possible asteroid 1969 Signed upper left Countersigned, dated and titled on the back Acrylic on canvas 100 x 95 cm Provenance MDZ Gallery, Knokke Former Harry Litwin Collection, Kansas Collection privée / private collection, Belgium In Alechinsky's work, spirals and circles form meanders, convolutions, labyrinths, tongues, volcanoes, dragons or... asteroids. Dictated by the dynamism of the hand, of voluntary movement, the lines expand and disperse over the support or blossom on the surface of the page.