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Inv. n°: CL822

The Queen

This object is on display at the FAMM . Come experience it in person.

Signed, dated and titled verso. Original Ferus Gallery label verso. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 213.36 x w. 167.64 cm
1958
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Sonia Gechtoff Estate
  • Acquired at David Richard Gallery, New York, 01/01/2020

Publications

  • Sonia Gechtoff: The Ferus Years, Nyehaus, New York, 01/01/2011
  • Four Women: Abstract Expressionist Painters In New York and California, Paintings by Sonia Gestoff, Nina Tryggvadottir, Beate Wheeler and Anthe Zacharis, David Richard Gallery, New York, 01/01/2019
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 1:19:39
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art and Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, May 5, 2021 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • Sonja Sekula in Exhibition, Presumbaly 1952
  • R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 01/01/2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/
  • Francesca Peacock, "The women who brought excitement to abstract art", The Daily Telegraph, London, February 7, 2023 12:00 AM, p. 11
  • Francesca Peacock, "Action, Gesture, Paint: So macho? Here's kaleidoscopic proof that abstraction was anything but", The Telegraph, London, February 6, 2023 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/action-gesture-paint-women-artists-global-abstraction-1940-1970/
  • 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. 149
  • E. G. Landau, "The Strongest Gesture of All: Women Painters at FAMM, 1940-1970s", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p.140

Exhibitions

  • Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 1959 — 1959
  • Sonia Gechtoff: The Ferus Years, Nyehaus, New York, USA, October 29, 2011 12:00 AM — December 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Hidden Figures: Abstract Expressionist Women Painters in New York and California, 1950s and 1960s, David Richard Gallery, New York, USA, January 27, 2019 12:00 AM — February 24, 2019 12:00 AM
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2022 12:00 AM — January 22, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, February 7, 2023 12:00 AM — May 14, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, June 4, 2023 12:00 AM — October 22, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1, 2023 12:00 AM — March 1, 2024 12:00 AM

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