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ALFONSO OSSORIO TO SHOW AT MICHAEL ROSENFELD SEPT. 8 w/1 cut

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NEW YORK CITY — Michael Rosenfeld Gallery will show “Alfonso Ossorio: Masterworks from the collection of the Robert U. Ossorio Foundation.” On view September 8–October 27, this exhibition presents 16 works from the 1950s and 1960s by Alfonso Ossorio.

A dancer, patron of the arts and founder of the Manhattan School of Ballet, Robert U. Ossorio (1923–1996) — the sixth of eight Ossorio brothers — assembled one of the most impressive private collections of Alfonso’s art.

Highlights from his collection include three monumental abstractions from the 1950s: “Beachcomber,” 1953, “The Improbable Cross,” 1955, and “Act of Faith/Auto da Fe,” 1956. Also on view are five congregations, including “Searcher,” 1963.

The Robert U. Ossorio Foundation will donate proceeds from the sale of its works to the Ossorio Fund at the Harvard University Art Museums.

Internationally recognized for his complex and challenging visual language, Alfonso Ossorio has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and publications.

This exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated color catalog.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery has organized ten Alfonso Ossorio exhibitions with the support and assistance of the Ossorio Foundation and the artist’s immediate family. Each exhibition has revealed a key facet of Ossorio’s career. Leading art historians and curators have contributed new scholarship to the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery monographs that accompany each exhibition.

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is at 24 West 57th Street, 7th Floor. For information, www.michaelrosenfeldart.com or 212-247-0082.

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