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“For most people reality is the confirmation of their expectations. These pictures…offer alternatives”1 wrote Alfred Leslie of his meditative body of black and white watercolors entitled 100 Views Along the Road. Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to present a selection of these elegant paintings done in grisaille as its second solo exhibition devoted to the work of Alfred Leslie.

In 1966, Leslie’s New York City home and studio burned down in a tragic fire, taking the lives of twelve firefighters and years of paintings, films and other works. This left the artist to forfeit his upcoming …