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Inv. n°: CL100

Rufus’ Rock

Signed on the reverse Abstract Expressionism. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 194.6 x w. 130 cm
1966
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Cheim & Reid, New York
  • Yares Art Projects, Santa Fe
  • Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York
  • Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
  • Christie's, Post-war & Contemporary Morning Session, New York, November 11, 2009, lot 164
  • Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York
  • Private collection, USA
  • Sotheby's, 'Art Contemporain', Paris, 2012, lot 14
  • Private collection, Switzerland
  • Acquired at Robilant and Voena Gallery, London, 2017

Publications

  • Painting as Painting, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, 1968
  • Christie's, Post-War & Contemporary Morning Session, Christie's, New York, November 11, 2009, sale 2220, lot 164
  • P. Albers, Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter, A Life, New York, 2011, p. 303
  • J. Andrew, "Looking at 2011 Art Basel Miami Beach Through the Prism of one Influentiel Painter", Hyperallergic, December 1, 2011, [On-line]. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/41973/chaim-soutine-art-basel-miami-beach/
  • Sotheby’s, Art Contemporain, Paris, 29th-30th May 2012, lot 14
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 1, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk; 59:36
  • S. Moore, "American Expressed", Apollo The International Art Magazine, October 1, 2021, p. 63
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 129, p. 242
  • Evening Standard, Ben Luke, Action, Gesture, Paint at the Whitechapel Gallery review - a real journey of discovery, London, February 7, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/action-gesture-paint-at-the-whitechapel-gallery-review-lee-krasner-joan-mitchell-b1058309.html
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, February 9, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Financial Times: Jackie Wullschläger, Whitechapel Gallery offers thrilling landmark show of female abstract artists - review, January 2, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/d5a8c1b5-1695-4970-b9f8-ef4b84ed8ea0
  • Financial Times: Jackie Wullschläger, When abstraction was an act of liberation, Financial Times, London, February 1, 2023, p. 20
  • Laura Cumming, "Review", The Observer/The Guardian, UK, February 19, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/19/alice-neel-hot-off-the-griddle-barbican-art-gallery-london-review-action-gesture-paint-women-artists-and-global-abstraction-1940-70-whitechapel-gallery
  • S. Cascone, in The Art Net (ed.), 'It's a Bittersweet Situation', October 31, 2023
  • 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. 222
  • Allianz Art - All Art, "Art Focus", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, November 1, 2024
  • 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, January 5, 2025, p.150

Exhibitions

  • Painting as Painting, University of Texas Art Museum, Austin, USA, February 18, 1968 — April 1, 1968
  • Joan Mitchell, Manny Silvermann Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, September 11, 2010 — November 16, 2010
  • 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 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
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day
  • 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

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