Abstract American Modernist Geometric Oil on Canvas Circular Painting New York by Pierre Clerk, 1968 Redo slots in the aluminum held

slots in the aluminum held the back shell and the upholstery in place

Capítulo de Puerto Rico

Signed and dated in red pencil

back & cover with overall decoration of paper scrolls in stylized floral & foliate motifs

The base having an inlaid fall front & oval floral paterae enclosing a fitted interior with six pigeon holes

Abstract American Modernist Geometric Oil on Canvas Circular Painting New York by Pierre Clerk, 1968 Redo slots in the aluminum heldImportant American abstract geometric oil on canvas by Pierre Clerk (born 1928) New York, 1968. This very striking original modernist abstract oil painting is referred to as a 'tondo' or circular artwork, and is an early work by the New York modernist painter and sculptor Pierre Clerk. Clerk was influenced by artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi and Mondrian, and the later is significantly evidenced in this work. The painting having a green