Inv. n°: CL820

Black Pagoda

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 152.4 x w. 149.9 cm

1958-1959

Oil on canvas

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Provenance

  • Acquired at Berry Campbell, New York, 2020

Publications

  • Judith Godwin: An Act of Freedom (February 15-March 16, 2019), Berry Campbell, New York, 2019, p. 7
  • A. Gibson (ed.), Judith Godwin Style & Grace, Art Museum of Western Virginia, 1997
  • Berry Campbell, Judith Godwin, 2020, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.berrycampbell.com/artist/Judith_Godwin/works/3101
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 13:41
  • H. Farrell & L. Falcone, "At Home with Christian and Florence Levett: Collecting Art and Women's Abstract Expressionism", The Florentine.net, 5th May 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • R. Leung, "From 4th-Century Greek Vases to Female Abstract Expressionism", Larry's List, 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/the-talks/from-4th-century-greek-vases-to-female-abstract-expressionism/
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "Whitechapel Gallery offers thrilling landmark show of female abstract artists — review", Financial Times, 1st February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/d5a8c1b5-1695-4970-b9f8-ef4b84ed8ea0
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 111, p. 240
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "When abstraction was an act of liberation", The Financial Times, London, 1st February 2023, p. 20
  • Florence Hallett, "Action, Gesture, Paint at Whitechapel Gallery, review: A radical overhaul of Abstract Expressionist history", inews, London, 9th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-abstract-expressionist-history-2137738
  • Art Martin Cid Magazine, "Whitechapel Gallery Presents Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70", Martin Cid Magazine, 1st December 2022, [On-line]. Available at: https://martincid.com/en/2022/12/whitechapel-gallery-presents-action-gesture-paint-women-artists-and-global-abstraction-1940-70/
  • Zonaira Chaudry, "Painted, Women", Cent, 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://centmagazine.co.uk/painted-women/
  • Sarah Kent, "Action Gesture Paint, Whitechapel Gallery review - a revelation and an inspiration", The Arts Desk, UK, 14th February 2023, [On-line]. Available at: https://theartsdesk.com/visual-arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-revelation-and-inspiration
  • 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. 170
  • Campbell Berry, Judith Godwin: Modern Woman, New York, 19th October 2023
  • 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 2025, p.143

Exhibitions

  • Judith Godwin - An Act of Freedom, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, USA, 14th February 2019 — 6th March 2019
  • Postwar Women, Art Student League, New York, USA, 2nd November 2019 — 1st December 2019
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 7th February 2023 — 14th May 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, 4th June 2023 — 22nd October 2023
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 2023 — March 2024
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, 24th August 2025 — 16th November 2025
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, 30th January 2026 — 26th April 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, 23rd May 2026 — 30th August 2026
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, 19th September 2026 — 3rd January 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 30th January 2027 — 25th April 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists. The Women, The Frick Pittsburgh Museums & Gardens, Pittsburg, USA, 12th June 2027 — 25th September 2027
  • Abstract Expressionists. The Women, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, USA, 14th October 2027 — 5th March 2028

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