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Inv. n°: CL909

Circus Landscape

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

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 101.6 x w. 111.8 cm
1951
Oil and charcoal on sized, primed canvas

Provenance

  • The artist estate
  • From the artist's estate to Gagosian Gallery, New York
  • Private Collection, New York, 2013
  • Clarissa Post Art Advisory, New York
  • Acquired at Huxley-Parlour, London, 2020

Publications

  • John Elderfeld, Painted on 21st Street: Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2013, ill. 73
  • Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations, Austria/ Germany, 2022
  • J. Brown and S. Cross, After Mountains and Sea: Frankenthaler, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1998, pp. 18-19, 42, color illus. p. 18 (fig. 12)
  • Después de Montañas y mar: Frankenthaler 1956-1959, Museo Guggenheim Bilabo, Bilbao, 1998, p. 22 (fig. 12)
  • J. Elderfield, Frankenthaler, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1989, pp. 51, 56, 58, 63, 68, 83, color illus. p. 57
  • C. Haberlik and D. Mazzoni, 50 Klassiker Künstlerinnen, Gerstenberg Visuell, Hildesheim, 2002, p. 251
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 101, p. 239
  • 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. 105
  • John Elderfield, "Chapter 1: Painted on 21st Street", Frankenthaler, revised and expanded edition, published by Gagosian in collaboration with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York, 2024, pp. 68-69, color illus. p. 68 (fig. 26)
  • 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. 122
  • "Abstract Expressionists: The Women, June 12-Sept. 26, 2027", The Frick Pittsburgh announces its 2027 season, Herald-Standard, August 20, 2026

Exhibitions

  • Frankenthaler: The 1950s, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA, May 10, 1981 — June 28, 1981
  • Painted on 21st Street, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA, March 8, 2013 — April 13, 2013
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1, 2023 — March 1, 2024
  • 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, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, February 7, 2023 — May 14, 2023
  • Helen Frankenthaler. Painterly Constellations, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria, 23 2pril - 30 October 2022
  • 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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