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Inv. n°: CL925

Aggressive Figure

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

Dated and signed on bottom: '43 / Falkenstein'.

h. 71.1 x w. 23.5 x d. 7.6 cm
1943
Carved walnut

Provenance

  • Claire Falkenstein, Venice
  • The Falkenstein Foundation, Los Angeles
  • Acquired at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 2021-01-01

Publications

  • Bonestell Gallery, Falkenstein, 1944, no. 9
  • Fresno Art Center, Claire Falkenstein, 1969, Illustrated in black-and-white in an installation as fig. 21
  • "Claire Falkenstein Art on View at Museum through March 9", The Desert Sun, February 8, 1980, p. C7
  • Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Claire Falkenstein: Chance & Choice, 1989, Illustrated in black-and-white in an installation photograph on page 4 and on page 8; illustarted in color on page 9
  • Fresno Art Museum, Claire Falkenstein: Looking Within - A Point of Departure, Collected Works 1927 to 1997, 1997, Illustrated in color on page 11, fig. 6 and listed on the cheklist on page 22
  • S. M. Anderson, M. Duncan and M. Henderson, Claire Falkenstein, The Falkenstein Foundation, Los Angeles, 2012, Illustrated in black-and-white in an installation image on page 29, fig. 14
  • Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Claire Falkenstein: Matter in Motion, 2018, Illustrated in color on page 66 and in black-and-white on page 26; listed and illustrated in color on the checklist on page 187
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 40 (fig. 3), p. 238
  • Y. Shionoiri, "Carving Out Space: Contextualizing Female-Presenting Perspectives in Modern and Contemporary Sculpture", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, January 5, 2025, p.160

Exhibitions

  • Falkenstein, Bonestell Gallery, New York, USA, February 14, 1944 — March 4, 1944
  • Recent Works by Claire Falkenstein, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, USA, June 23, 1948 — July 30, 1948
  • Claire Falkenstein in San Francisco, Paros, Los Angeles and Now, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Spirngs, USA, January 8, 1980 — March 9, 1980
  • Claire Falkenstein : Chance & Choice, Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USA, December 17, 1989 — December 23, 1989
  • Claire Falkenstein: Looking Wwithin - A Point of Departure, Collected Works 1927 to 1997, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, USA, September 9, 1997 — December 9, 1997
  • Claire Falkenstein: Matter in Motion, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, USA, April 7, 2018 — June 2, 2018

© The Falkenstein Foundation, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

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