Inv. n°: CL881

Summer I

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 144.78 x w. 177.8 cm

1958-1959

Oil and collage on canvas

Provenance

  • Estate of the artist (managed by Maurice Berezov the artist's husband)
  • Private collection, Jeanne Nielsen (gifted to Nielsen by the Berezov family when she bought the Fine/Berezov home), New York, Gift to Nielsen by the Berezov family when she bought the Fine/Berezov home
  • McCormick Gallery, Chicago
  • Craig A. Ponzio Collection, Evergreen
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • K. L. Housley (ed.), Tranquil Power - The Art of Perle Fine, Hofstra University Museum of Art, New York, 2009, p. 10, illustrated p. 37
  • McCormick Gallery, Wide to the Wind, Works on Paper by Perle Fine, Chicago, 2014, p. 26
  • A. Gotthardt, "11 Female Abstract Expressionists You Should Know, from Joan Mitchell to Alma Thomas", Artsy, 28th June 2016, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-11-female-abstract-expres- sionists-who-are-not-helen-frankenthaler
  • J. Marter (ed.), Women of Abstract Expressionism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2016-07
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 11:25
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, 2021-05, 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, p. 66
  • 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, pp. 93-95 (detail), p. 238
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, 9th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Katherine Brooks, "The Women Of Abstract Expressionism: 12 Artists History Should Not Forget", HuffPost, 28th March 2023, p. 28
  • R. M. Rinaldi, "Denver Art Museum catches up on art history with “Women of Abstract Expressionism"", The Denver Post, Denver, 9th June 2016, pp. 150-151
  • Leanne Goebel, "Abstract Expressionist Women at DAM in Review", Adobe Airstream, July 2016, [On-line]. Available at: http://adobeairstream.com/art/abstract-expressionist-women-at-denver-art-museum/
  • 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.233

Exhibitions

  • 10th Regional Show: Painters and Sculptors, Guild Hall of East Hampton, New York, USA
  • Perle Fine: Major Works 1954-1978, Graham Gallery, New York, USA
  • Perle Fine: New Paintings, Tanager Gallery, New York, USA
  • Guild Hall Members' Award Exhibition, Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York, USA, September 1978 — October 1978
  • Perle Fine, paintings from the 50's and 60's, Ingber Gallery, New York, USA, April 1984 — May 1984
  • Tranquil Power - The Art of Perle Fine, Hofstra University Museum of Art, New York, USA, 2009-04 — 2009-06
  • Wide ti the Wind, Works on Paper by Perle Fine, McCormick Gallery, Chicago, USA, May 2014 — June 2014
  • 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 2016
  • 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 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
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day

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