Inv. n°: CL815

Dancing Figure

Signed on reverse, lower right. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 231.76 x w. 126.37 cm

1962

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Michael (Corinne) West Estate
  • Acquired at Hollis Taggart, New York, 2020

Publications

  • E. G. Landau (ed.), Space poetry: The Action Paintings of Michael West, Hollis Taggart, New York, 2019, p. 50-51, pl. 13
  • Hollis Taggart, "Exhibitions", Hollis Taggart, 2020-01-01, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.hollistaggart.com/exhibitions/68-space-poetry-the-action-paintings-of-michael-west/works/artworks11408/
  • S. Cascone, "She Was Part of the Postwar Avant-Garde. She Studied Under a Legend. She Even Adopted a Male Name. But Her Art Was Forgotten—Until Now", Artnet News, 6th March 2020, [On-line]. Available at: https://news.artnet.com/market/michael-west-hollis-taggert-armory-1794996
  • "Exhibition: Michael Corinne West Hollis Taggart", Daily Art Fair, [On-line]. Available at: https://dailyartfair.com/exhibition/10254/michael-corinne-west-hollis-taggart
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 47:18
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 2021, no. 278, p. 20
  • R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 183, p. 245
  • White Chapel, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Action, Geste, Peinture : Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale 1940-1970, Bice Curiger, 2023, p. 200

Exhibitions

  • Space Poetry: The Action Paintings of Michael West, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, USA, 7th November 2019 — 4th January 2020
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, France, 7th February 2023 — 14th May 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, 4th June 2023 — 22nd October 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 2023 — March 2024

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