ART-065 Grace Alhades — "Shaded Color Stripes" Abstract Painting, Oil on Canvas, 36.5" × 36.5", Signed & Dated '78

An original abstract painting by Grace Alhades, signed and dated '78 — the third Alhades canvas in the Spatial Art-Works collection and a companion to both the hard-edge work (ART-009) and the Op Art ribbons canvas (ART-064) acquired at the same auction. This square-format painting explores shaded color stripes: parallel bands of color modulated in tone across their width, creating a sense of volume and gradation that bridges Color Field painting and Hard Edge abstraction.

The shaded stripe format places this work in dialogue with a lineage running from Josef Albers's color studies through Gene Davis and the Washington Color School — painters who understood the stripe not as mere decoration but as a vehicle for investigating how colors interact, shift, and resonate against one another. Alhades's version introduces tonal shading within each band, adding a painterly warmth to the geometric structure.

Together, the three Alhades canvases — hard edge, Op Art ribbons, and color stripes — offer a compelling view of a single artist working fluently across the key abstract modes of the 1970s. They would make a strong grouped installation.

Details

• Artist: Grace Alhades
• Medium: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 36.5" H × 36.5" W × 1.5" D
• Signed: Yes — signed and dated '78
• Style: Color Field / Geometric Abstract
• Condition: Please refer to photos. Offered as-is from auction.

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