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Inv. n°: CL848

Mahogany Road

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Signed lower right; signed, dated, and titled verso. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 236.22 x w. 102.55 cm
1955
Oil and collage on canvas

Provenance

  • McCornick Gallery, Chicago
  • Leslie Hindman Inc., Post War & Contemporary Art, Chicago, September 26, 2019
  • Acquired at Lawrence Fine Art, New York, 2020

Publications

  • M. Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s. An Illustrated Survey, New York School, New York, 2003, p. 24
  • McCormick Gallery, Mary Abbott. Abstract Expressionist Paintings: 1945-1985, Chicago, 2007, p. 44
  • McCormick Gallery, Mary Abbott. Nature, 2017
  • P. Braff, Mary Abbott. The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 2021, pp. 8-9
  • J. Landes, "Mary Abbott's Revelatory Decade", The East Hampton Star, June 17, 2021
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "Whitechapel Gallery offers thrilling landmark show of female abstract artists — review", Financial Times, February 1, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/d5a8c1b5-1695-4970-b9f8-ef4b84ed8ea0
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, February 9, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "When abstraction was an act of liberation", The Financial Times, London, February 1, 2023, p. 20
  • 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. 177
  • Cleo Roberts-Komireddi, "10 underrecognized women artists shaped abstract expressionism internationally", Artsy, March 2, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-underrecognized-women-artists-shaped-abstract-expressionism-internationally

Exhibitions

  • Mary Abbott. Abstract Expressionist Paintings: 1945-1985, McCormick Gallery, Chicago, USA, April 20, 2007 — June 2, 2007
  • Mary Abbott. Nature, McCormick Gallery, Chicago, USA, January 21, 2017 — March 4, 2017
  • Mary Abbott: The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, New York, USA, May 1, 2021 — July 25, 2021
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2022 — January 22, 2023
  • 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 a 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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