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Inv. n°: CL841

Looking Out

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

Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed: 127 x 101,6 cm; Framed: 139,7 x 114,3 cm
1957
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Estate of Betty Parsons
  • Acquired at Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, 2020

Publications

  • Anita Shapolsky / A.S. Art Foundation, Betty Parsons & The Women, Anita Shapolsky Gallery and A. S. Foundation, New York, 2005
  • J. Goodrich, The New York Sun, 2006-07
  • E. Erickson (ed.), Inspiration and Exploration, Anita Shapolsky Gallery and A. S. Foundation, New York, 2019
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 14:14
  • 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, "American Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 1, 2021, p. 64
  • 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/
  • "Catalogue: Looking Out, 1957" in R. Vorsanger (ed.), Betty Parsons Catalogue Raisonné, The Betty Parsons and William P. Rayner Foundation, 2022
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 141, p. 243
  • 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. 85, back

Exhibitions

  • Betty Parsons One Man Show, Midtown Galleries, New York, USA, November 12, 1957 — November 30, 1957
  • Betty Parsons & The Women, Anita Shapolsky Gallery / A.S. Art Foundation, New York, USA, April 28, 2005 — July 1, 2005
  • Betty Parsons & The Women, The Opalka Gallery, The Sage Colleges, USA, September 6, 2005 — October 16, 2005
  • Inspiration and Exploration, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, USA, April 23, 2019 — August 16, 2019
  • 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
  • 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, Pittsburgh, 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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