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Inv. n°: CL1144

The Beckon

Signed and dated lower right: "Dusti Bongé 56"

Unframed: h. 121.9 x w. 81.3 cm; framed: h. 125.7 x w. 84.8 x d. 5.3 cm
1956
Oil on Masonite

Provenance

  • Paul Bongé Collection
  • Acquired at Hollis Taggart, New York, 2022

Publications

  • J. R. Gruber, Art and Life: Biloxi, New Orleans, New York, Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, Biloxi, 2019, p. 260
  • Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, Abstract Expressionism, 2020, [On-line]. Available at: dustibonge.org/abstract-expressionism.html
  • K. Cole & L. Römer, Dusti Bongé: Southern Exposure, McCormick Press, Chicago, 2021
  • 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. 57
  • 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.134

Exhibitions

  • Dusti Bongé: Paintings, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, USA, April 30, 1956 — May 19, 1956
  • Dusti Bongé, Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, MS, USA, January 17, 2013 — April 30, 2013
  • Dusti Bongé Art Foundation - Creel House #3, Dusti Bongé Art Foundation, Biloxi, MS, USA, March 26, 2019 — July 5, 2019
  • 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 - Female Artists of Mougins Museum, Mougins, France, June 1, 2025 — May 1, 2026

N.B. Our online collection is being continually updated thanks to ongoing research and documentation efforts carried out by The Levett Collection - FAMM documentation team. Any additional information is welcome, please contact us.