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Inv. n°: CL826

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Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed: h. 63.18 x w. 78.11 cm; framed: h. 72 x w. 87.2 x d. 3.6 cm
1948-1949
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • Sonja Sejula in Exhibition, 1952
  • C. Burrows, "Review of Sonja Sekula: Paintings and Scratchbords. Betty Parsons Gallery, Nex-Yorn March 10-29-1952", New York Herald Tribune, March 16, 1952
  • "Overdue Recognition for Abstract Expressionist and Alumna Sonja Sekula", Sarah Lawrence College, October 3, 2019, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2019-10-03-overdue-recognition-for-abstract-expressionist-and-alumna-sonja-sekula-fs.html
  • M. Wije (ed.), "Sonja Sejula", Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women of the 9th St. Show, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 2020, p. 72
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, February 4, 2020, pp. 26-27
  • "Restorations Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 06:21
  • 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 and 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/
  • S. Moore, "Amercian Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 1, 2021, p. 63
  • 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 Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 161, p. 244
  • White Chapel, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh Arles, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Action, Geste, Peinture : Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale 1940-1970, Bice Curiger, 2023, pp. 150-151
  • 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. 114
  • Luca Rossi, "Versailles entre art et pouvoir : dix œuvres racontent l’histoire du palais du Roi-Soleil", Quaderni di Viaggio di Finestra sull’Arte, 2026, https://www.finestresullarte.info/fr/voyage/sur-la-cote-d-azur-il-existe-un-musee-qui-reecrit-l-histoire-de-l-art-sans-avoir-besoin-de-slogans

Exhibitions

  • Sonia Sekula: Paintngs and scratch-boards, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, March 10, 1952 — March 29, 1952
  • Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women on the 9th St.Show, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, USA, October 6, 2019 — January 26, 2020
  • 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

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