Inv. n°: CL824

Purple Crossover

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 132.08 x w. 157.48 cm

1959

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Artist, USA
  • McCornick Gallery, Chicago
  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • Mc Cormick Gallery, Mary Abbott, A Painter, Mc Cormick Gallery, Chicago, 2020, p. 101
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, 4th February 2020, pp. 6-7
  • P. Braff, Mary Abbott. The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 2021, p. 13
  • J. Landes, "Mary Abbott's Revelatory Decade", The East Hampton Star, 17th June 2021
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "Whitechapel Gallery offers thrilling landmark show of female abstract artists — review", Financial Times, 1st February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/d5a8c1b5-1695-4970-b9f8-ef4b84ed8ea0
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 60-61, p. 235
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, 9th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "When abstraction was an act of liberation", The Financial Times, London, 1st February 2023, p. 20
  • 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. 176

Exhibitions

  • Mary Abbott: The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, New York, USA, 1st May 2021 — 25th July 2021
  • 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 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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