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Inv. n°: CL839

Sankaty II

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

Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed: h. 127 x w. 182.88 cm; framed: h. 138.7 x w. 189.3 x d. 6 cm
1956
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Estate of Ethel Schwabacher
  • Acquired at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, 2020

Publications

  • J. Marter (ed.), Women and Abstract Expressionism, Painting and Sculpture, 1945-1959, Baruch College, New York, 1997, p. 25-26
  • The Easthampton Independent, May 7, 1997, Illustrated b/w
  • Anita Shapolsky Gallery /A.S. Art Foundation, Women ! Women ! (of the 50's), New York, 2016, p. 11
  • "Women ! Women ! (of the 50's)", Anita Shapolsy, 2016, [On-line]. Available at: http://anitashapolskygallery.com/newsite/portfolio_ page/women-women-of-the-50s/
  • "Work by Women Abstract Expressionists Goes on Display at the Anita Shapolsky Gallery", Hyperallergic, September 22, 2016, [On-line]. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/323877/work-by-women-abstract-expressionists-goes-on-display-at-the-anita-shapolsky-gallery/, 0:36
  • "Restoration Conservations: Women Artist and the Abtrsact Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 58:42
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 1, 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • H. Farell & 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-gallerychristian- florence-levett/
  • 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. 157-59 (detail), p. 244
  • 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/
  • Eddy Frankel, "Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70", TimeOut, UK, February 7, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.timeout.com/london/art/action-gesture-paint-women-artists-and-global-abstraction-1940-70
  • Barbara Perrine Chu, "Abstract Expressionist - Ethel Schwabacher", Pink Pagoda Studio, November 24, 2017, [On-line]. Available at: http://pinkpagodastudio.blogspot.com/2017/11/abstract-expressionist-ethel-schwabacher.html
  • 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. 90
  • "Review: Female abstract expressionists. Discover the practices of women artists working with gestural abstraction in the aftermath of the Second World War.", Contemporary Lynx, March 27, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/female-abstract-expressionists
  • 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.138

Exhibitions

  • Ethel Schwbacher, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, February 27, 1956 — March 17, 1956
  • Ethel Schwbacher Paintings 1956-57, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, November 25, 1957 — December 14, 1957
  • Women and Abstract Expressionism: Painting and Sculpture 1945-1959, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York, USA, April 4, 1997 — April 17, 1997
  • Women and Abstract Expressionism: Painting and Sculpture 1945-1959, Guild Hall Museum, New York, USA, June 1, 1997 — June 8, 1997
  • Women! Women!, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, USA, September 15, 2016 — November 12, 2016
  • 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

© The Estate of Ethel Schwabacher

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