Alice Baber (Charleston, Illinois 1928 – 1982 New York). ”Ladder Rising”. 1965 Oil on canvas. 64,7 × 53,9 cm (25 ½ × 21 ¼ in.). Signed lower left: Baber. On the overlap as well as on the stretcher in black felt-tip pen titled, signed, inscribed, dated and inscribed with directional instruction: „Ladder Rising“ Alice Baber Paris 1965 TOP. On the stretcher with the labels of the exhibitions Cologne 1966 and Cologne 1971 (see below). Same place inscribed with a note of ownership. The work will be included in the online-archive of The Alice Baber Project, www.alicebaber.com.– [3367] Provenance: Andreas Becker, Cologne / Private Collection, Southern Germany / Private Collection, Switzerland Exhibition: Alice Baber, Paris. Gemälde. Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1966, cat. no. 20, ill. unpaginated / Cologne, 2. Westdeutsche Kunstmesse, 1971