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Inv. n°: CL844

Cedar Bar (originally Aries)

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

Signed on right. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 100.33 x w. 80.65 cm
1951
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • BC Holland Gallery, Chicago
  • Private Collection, Chicago
  • Private Collection, By descent
  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • W. T. La Moy and J. P. McCaffrey (ed.), The Journals of Grace Hartigan 1951-1955, Syracuse University Press, New York, 2009, p. 2 and 5
  • L. Stephens, "Woman Crush Wednesday: The Ninth Street Five", Off the Grid: Village Preservation blog, October 10, 2018, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/10/10/woman-crush-wednesday-the-ninth-street-five/
  • M. Gabriel, "What AbEx Women Can Teach Us about Today’s Gold Rush for Female Artists", Artsy, November 6, 2018, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-abex-women-teach-todays-gold-rush-female-artists
  • M. Wije (ed.), Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women of the 9th St. Show, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 2020, pp. 35-37
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, February 4, 2020, pp. 20-21
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 28:12
  • 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 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/
  • EIFICFinal, March 1, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: 10:15-10:26, 11:39-11:42
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 113, p. 240
  • Sarah Kent, "Action Gesture Paint, Whitechapel Gallery review - a revelation and an inspiration", The Arts Desk, February 14, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-revelation-and-inspiration
  • 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. 92
  • Amy Geiszler-Jones, Exhibition of women abstract artists debuts at WAM, 09/09/2025, 5:34 PM, Available at: https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/article311989473.html
  • 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. 124

Exhibitions

  • 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
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day
  • 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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