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Inv. n°: CL106

Bending Blue

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Signed, titled, and variously inscribed on the reverse; signed and dated 17 Jan 77 on the stretcher. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 274.3 x w. 213.4 cm
1977
Magna on canvas

Provenance

  • Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
  • Corporate Collection of Totes International, Cincinnati
  • Private Collection, USA
  • Kasmin, New York, March-May 2009
  • Private Collection, Florida
  • Acquired at Sotheby’s, Private Sale, New York, 2018

Publications

  • Cincinnati Magazine, Cincinnati, October 1, 1991, p. 70-71, illustrated
  • "Art Miami 2017", My Virtual Garden, December 10, 2017, [On-line]. Available at: http://myvirtualgarden2.blogspot.com/2017/12/art-miami-2017.html illustrated
  • "Fields of Colour, 13 January – 17 February 2018", Yares Art, , [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/show/yares-art-fields-of-colo
  • J. Hooper, "American Women in Florence", The Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2021
  • "Restorations Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 45:56
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, May 1, 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, May 5, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • "American Expressed", Apollo International Art Magazine, October 1, 2021, pp. 61 & 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. 105-107 (detail), p. 240
  • Mary Gabriel, Karen Kurczynski, Jeremy Lewison, Daniel Zamani, Burst ! Abstract Painting After 1945, Oslo, 2023, p. 95
  • Y. Shimbata & H. Shimamoto (ed.), Abstraction: The Genesis and Evolution of Abstract Painting Cézanne, Fauvism, Cubism and on to Today, Artizon Museum, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo, June 2023, p. 255, n°137 (exh. cat.)
  • 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. 123

Exhibitions

  • Cincinnati Collects. The Corporate View, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA, September 13, 1991 — November 2, 1991
  • Art Miami 2017, Opera Gallery, Miami, USA
  • Fields of Color, Yares Art, New York, USA, January 13, 2018 — February 17, 2018
  • The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Postdam, Germany, June 4, 2022 — September 24, 2022
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2022 — January 22, 2023
  • The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Munch Museet, Oslo, Norway, February 22, 2023 — May 21, 2023
  • Forthcoming: The Dawn and Development of Abstraction, Artizon Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 3, 2023 — August 20, 2023
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, August 24, 2025 — November 16, 2025
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, January 30, 2026 — April 26, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, May 23, 2026 — August 30, 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, September 19, 2026 — January 3, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA, January 30, 2027 — April 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens, Pittsburg, USA, June 12, 2027 — September 25, 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA, October 14, 2027 — March 5, 2028

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