Inv. n°: CL861

Abstract Force: Homage to Franz Kline

Signed lower left. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 127 x w. 182.88 cm

1951-1952

Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Artist
  • Private Collection
  • Acquired at Hollis Taggart, New York, 2020

Publications

  • A. Flack (ed.), Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 1992, illus., p. 13
  • Hollis Taggart Galleries (ed.), Audrey Flack: The Abstract Expressionist Years, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2015, pl. 12
  • P. Malone, "Learning from an Artist's Early Experiments with AbEx", Hyperallergic, 28th May 2015, [On-line]. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/209959/learning-from-an-artists-early-experiments-with-abex/
  • J. Marter (ed.), Abstract Expressionsim Revisited: Selections From the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection, Guild Hall Museum, New York, 2019, p. 11
  • "Abstract Expressionism Revisited: Selections from the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection", Guil Hall Website, October 2019, [On-line]. Available at: https:// www.guildhall.org/events/abstract-expressionism-revisited-selections-from-the-guild-hall- museum-permanent-collection/
  • M. Segal, "Guild Hall's AbEx Treasures", The East Hampton Star, 24th October 2019, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.easthamptonstar.com/20191024/guild-halls-abex-treasures
  • "Abstract ExpressionismRevisited - Gallery Talk with Joan Marter", Guild Hall You Tube, 27th October 2019, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/74ar88_AShA
  • Hollis Taggart, "Exhibitions: Audrey Flack Abstract Force: Homage to Franz Kline", Hollist Taggart Galleries, 2020, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.hollistaggart.com/exhibitions/55-audrey-flack-the-abstract-expressionist-years/works/artworks10010/
  • "The Last Art Heroine", Heroines of Abstract Expressionism.com, 13th April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/hu1Yxz_exbM, 03:39
  • "Restorations Conservations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 24:24
  • 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/
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 97-99 (detail), p. 239
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, 9th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Apollo Art Magazine: Maggie Gray, Women artists make a radical mess at the Whitechapel Gallery, 16th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/women-artists-abstract-expressionism-whitechapel-gallery/
  • 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
  • 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. 67
  • G. Edquist, "At 92, Audrey Flack Has a Juicy Memoir, a new Art Show, and a lot to Say", Vogue, 30th March 2024
  • A. Flack, With Darkness Came Stars: a Memoir, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2024

Exhibitions

  • Joseph Albers: His Influence, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, USA, 15th November 1981 — 17th January 1982
  • Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 22nd March 1992 — 17th May 1992
  • Audrey Flack: The Abstract Expressionist Years, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, USA, 7th May 2015 — 13th June 2015
  • Gallery Selections: A Selection of Post-War and Modernist Works from Our Inventory, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, USA, 10th January 2018 — 10th March 2018
  • Abstract Expressionism Revisited: Selections from the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection, Guild Hall, New York, USA, 26th October 2019 — 30th December 2019
  • 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 dnd 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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