Inv. n°: CL816

Portrait of W.

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 215.9 x w. 147.32 cm

1951-1952

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The artist with Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, 1952
  • Private Collection with ACA Galleries, New York, 2002
  • With Levis Fine Art, 2005
  • Private Collection with Levis Fine Art, Massachussetts, 2011
  • Craig A. Ponzio Collection, Colorado
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • R. Goodnough, Art News, April 1952
  • Paintings by George Hartigan, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, 1952
  • East Hampton Avant-Garde: A Salute to the Signa Gallery, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, 23rd September 1990, p. 39, no. 25
  • T. LaMoy and J. P. McCaffrey (ed.), The Journals of Grace Hartigan 1951-1955, Syracuse University Press, New York, 2009, pp. 23, 24, 26, 29, 30 & 31
  • J. M. Marter and G.F. Chanzit (ed.), Women of Abstract Expressionism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2016, p. 110, no. 27
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 31:40
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art and Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, 5th May 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • S. Moore, "Amercian Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 2021, p. 64
  • EIFICFinal, March 2022, [On-line]. Available at: 37:48-37:51
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 115, p. 240
  • Sarah Kent, "Action Gesture Paint, Whitechapel Gallery review - a revelation and an inspiration", The Arts Desk, UK, 14th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-revelation-and-inspiration
  • 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. 93

Exhibitions

  • Paintings by George Hartigan, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, USA, 23rd March 1952 — 12th April 1952
  • The Human Image, Signa Gallery, New York, USA, 25th July 1958 — 21st August 1958
  • East Hampton Avant-garde: A Salute to the Signa Gallery, Guild Hall Museum, New York, USA, August 1990 — September 1990
  • Women of Abstract Expressionism, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA, 12th June 2016 — 25th September 2016
  • Women of Abstract Expressionism, Mint Museum, Charlotte, USA, 22nd October 2016 — 22nd January 2017
  • Women of Abstract Expressionism, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, USA, 18th February 2017 — 29th May 2017
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, 15th October 2022 — 22nd January 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 7th February 2023 — 14th May 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Storu 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

© Grace Hartigan Estate

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