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Inv. n°: CL988

Woman: Red Sea, Dead Sea

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Oil on canvas in artist's painted frame. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 78.7 x w. 94 cm
1951
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Estate of the artist, New York
  • Christopher C. Schwabacher and Brenda S. Webster, Califorina and New York
  • Gift from the above to The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields, 1991
  • Acquired at Christie's, Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, New York, 2020, Deaccessioned Christie's NY, 15th December 2020, sale 18985, lot 98, Property from The Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

Publications

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art, , [On-line]. Available at: http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/38825/
  • Betty Parsons Gallery, Ethel Schwabacher, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, June 20, 1953, no. 4
  • J. E. Johnson, L. Jayne, Walker and B. S. Webster, "Ethel Schwabacher: The Lyric/Epic and the Personal", Woman's Art Journal, Spring/Summer 1989, vol. 10, no. 1
  • R. Cohen, "Ethel Schwabacher: Gallery Schlesinger Limited", Artforum, New York, 1989-11, vol. 28, no. 3, p. 153
  • A. E. Gibson, Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics, Yale University Press, London, 1997, Color Plate, fig. 179, p. 150
  • Christie's, Online Auction, 2020, [On-line]. Available at: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/first-open-online/ethel-schwabacher-1903-1984-98/109235
  • Apollo Art Magazine: Maggie Gray, Women artists make a radical mess at the Whitechapel Gallery, February 16, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/women-artists-abstract-expressionism-whitechapel-gallery/
  • Eddy Frankel, "Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70", TimeOut, UK, February 7, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.timeout.com/london/art/action-gesture-paint-women-artists-and-global-abstraction-1940-70
  • 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. 91
  • "Review: Female abstract expressionists. Discover the practices of women artists working with gestural abstraction in the aftermath of the Second World War.", Contemporary Lynx, March 27, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://contemporarylynx.co.uk/female-abstract-expressionists

Exhibitions

  • Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfirelds, USA, 01/01/1991 — 01/01/2020
  • Schwabacher: Paintings and Glass Collages 1951-1953, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, June 1, 1953 — June 20, 1953
  • Ethel Schwabacher, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, April 26, 1954 — April 26, 1954
  • Ethel Schwabacher: Abstract Expressionism Works, Gallery Schlesinger Limited, New York, USA, September 11, 1989 — October 7, 1989
  • 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
  • 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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