Inv. n°: CL823

The Bull

Signed in the lower right, "E de K." Abstract Expressionism.

h. 77.47 x w. 89.54 cm

1959

Mixed media on masonite

Provenance

  • Artist's studio, Albuquerque
  • Private Collection
  • Cline Gallery, Santa Fe
  • Private Collection, California
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 16:04
  • 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, "American Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 2021, pp. 62 & 64
  • 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/
  • Jonathan Jones, "Un-macho abstraction, a Venice Lion and questions of queerness – the week in art", The Guardian, 3rd February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://amp.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/03/un-macho-abstraction-a-venice-lion-and-questions-of-queerness-the-week-in-art
  • Hannah McGivern, "Abstract Expressionism’s forgotten women and their international contemporaries emerge from the shadows", The Art Newspaper, 2nd February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/02/abstract-expressionisms-forgotten-women-and-their-international-contemporaries-emerge-from-the-shadows
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 73, p. 236
  • Artnet: Jo Lawson-Tancred, 17 art exhibitions worth traveling for in Europe this year, 2nd January 2023, [On-line]. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/17-shows-to-see-in-europe-in-2023-from-a-survey-of-yayoi-kusamas-inflatables-to-the-largest-showcase-of-vermeers-work-yet-2224845
  • ES Mag, Rees & Co, Need to Know, UK, 3rd February 2023, p. 6
  • The Economist, Abstract Expressionism gets a new narrative, 13th February 2023
  • Evening Standard: Nancy Druant, Cover page, Upfront, London, 9th January 2023, cover page, pp. 10-11
  • Glamour, Expozițiile care ne plimbă prin Europa la început de 2023, Romania, 1st February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.glamour.ro/stories/expozitiile-care-ne-plimba-prin-europa-2023
  • Florence Hallett, "Action, Gesture, Paint at Whitechapel Gallery, review: A radical overhaul of Abstract Expressionist history", inews, London, 9th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-abstract-expressionist-history-2137738
  • "Freedom of expression", Luminaire, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://luminaireco.com/blogs/the-mood/whitechapel-gallery
  • Harriet Cooper, "21 of the most exciting art exhibitions opening this new year in London", The Glossary: The London Style Guide, UK, 24th January 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://theglossarymagazine.com/arts-culture/london-art-exhibitions-2023/
  • Francesca Peacock, "Action, Gesture, Paint: So macho? Here's kaleidoscopic proof that abstraction was anything but", The Telegraph, London, 6th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/action-gesture-paint-women-artists-global-abstraction-1940-1970/
  • Eliza Goodpasture, "The Problem With All-Women Exhibitions", Art Review, UK, 22nd February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://artreview.com/the-problem-with-all-women-exhibition-action-gesture-paint-abstraction-whitechapel-gallery/
  • "Action, Gesture, Paint: Whitechapel Gallery's explosion of colour", gowithYamo, UK, 15th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.gowithyamo.com/blog/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallerys-explosion-of-colour
  • Zonaira Chaudry, "Painted, Women", Cent, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://centmagazine.co.uk/painted-women/
  • "London art exhibitions 2023, from Donatello at the V&A to Sarah Lucas, and the new National Portrait Gallery", Evening Standard, London, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/london-art-exhibitions-2023-best-donatello-sarah-lucas-tate-philip-guston-st-francis-national-portrait-gallery-b1048754.html
  • "The Expert Collector: Women abstract expressionists", Antique Collecting, UK, February 2023, pp. 44-48
  • Charlotte Brook, "Different Strokes", Harper's Bazaar, UK, March 2023, pp. 124-125
  • "Action, Gesture, Paint", The Economist Espresso, UK, February 2023
  • 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. 195

Exhibitions

  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, 15th October 2022 — 22nd January 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 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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