Abstract American Modernist Geometric Oil on Canvas Circular Painting New York by Pierre Clerk, 1968 Paintings A fine and important late

A fine and important late 15th century Mamluk period inlaid pen box (Qalamdan)

The front is engraved with signs of the zodiac and degrees and Arabic calligraphy

Some evidence of a couple of historic repairs and some ancient obsolete insect holes

Capes 1834"

the painting has received professional conservation & cleaning by one of North America's most skilled practitioners in art restoration & conservation

Abstract American Modernist Geometric Oil on Canvas Circular Painting New York by Pierre Clerk, 1968 Paintings A fine and important lateImportant 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