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Inv. n°: CL873

Painting No. 56 (also titled Lacerated Yellows)

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

Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed; h. 152.4 x w. 142.24 cm, Framed; 164 x 154,5 x 7 cm
c. 1954
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Estate of the Artist
  • Sold by the artist to Jim Rosati
  • Thence by descent from Jim Rosati's estate to his daughter Margaret Rosati Norton
  • Sold by Spanierman Gallery, New York, 2010
  • Gary Garrabrant, New York
  • Acquired at Berry Campbell, New York, 2020

Publications

  • R. Barreneche, "Look Inside the Cedar-Shingled Retreat in Southampton", Architectural Digest, Condé Nast, New York, Juin 2014
  • "Restorations Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 06:35
  • 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/
  • E. G. Landau & J. M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 91, p. 238
  • B. Curiger, Action, Geste, Peinture : Femmes dans l’abstraction, une histoire mondiale 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, June 4, 2023, p. 232
  • E. de Diego et al., Warhol, Pollock and Other American Spaces, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, October 21, 2025, p. 80

Exhibitions

  • Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA
  • 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
  • Warhol, Pollock, and Others American Spaces, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain, October 21, 2025 — January 25, 2026
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from May 2026 to present day

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