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Inv. n°: CL825

Transmutation

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Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed: h. 177.8 x w. 167.64 cm; framed: h. 187.7 x w. 176.8 x d. 5.1 cm
1956
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Art Enterprises, Chicago
  • Thomas McCornick Gallery, Chicago
  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • J. Marter (ed.), Women of Abstract Expressionism, Yale University Press and Denver Art Museum, New Haven, July 1, 2016, p. 13
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, February 4, 2020, pp. 28-29
  • "Restoration Conservations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 43:05
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 1, 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art an 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/
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 175-77 (detail), p. 245
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, February 9, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Apollo Art Magazine: Maggie Gray, Women artists make a radical mess at the Whitechapel Gallery, February 16, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/women-artists-abstract-expressionism-whitechapel-gallery/
  • Katy Hessel, "GWA Newsletter February #2", The Great Women Artists, UK, February 22, 2023
  • 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. 182
  • AixCentric, FAMM : Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, September 20, 2023

Exhibitions

  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, February 7, 2023 — May 14, 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, June 4, 2023 — October 22, 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1, 2023 — March 1, 2024
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, June 21, 2024 — May 6, 2026

© Estate of Yvonne Thomas / Courtesy Berry Campbell, New York

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