Inv. n°: CL844

Cedar Bar (originally Aries)

Signed on right. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 100.33 x w. 80.65 cm

1951

Oil on canvas

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Provenance

  • BC Holland Gallery, Chicago
  • Private Collection, Chicago
  • Private Collection, By descent
  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 2020

Publications

  • W. T. La Moy and J. P. McCaffrey (ed.), The Journals of Grace Hartigan 1951-1955, Syracuse University Press, New York, 2009, p. 2 and 5
  • L. Stephens, "Woman Crush Wednesday: The Ninth Street Five", Off the Grid: Village Preservation blog, 10th October 2018, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.villagepreservation.org/2018/10/10/woman-crush-wednesday-the-ninth-street-five/
  • M. Gabriel, "What AbEx Women Can Teach Us about Today’s Gold Rush for Female Artists", Artsy, 6th November 2018, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-abex-women-teach-todays-gold-rush-female-artists
  • M. Wije (ed.), Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women of the 9th St. Show, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, 2020, pp. 35-37
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, 4th February 2020, pp. 20-21
  • "Restoration Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, 21st April 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 28:12
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, May 2021, no. 278, p. 21
  • 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/
  • EIFICFinal, March 2022, [On-line]. Available at: 10:15-10:26, 11:39-11:42
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 113, p. 240
  • Sarah Kent, "Action Gesture Paint, Whitechapel Gallery review - a revelation and an inspiration", The Arts Desk, 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. 92
  • Amy Geiszler-Jones, Exhibition of women abstract artists debuts at WAM, 09/09/2025, 5:34 PM, Available at: https://www.kansas.com/entertainment/article311989473.html
  • 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. 124

Exhibitions

  • Sparkling Amazons: Abstract Expressionist Women on the 9th St.Show, Katonah Museum of Art, New York, USA, 6th October 2019 — 26th January 2020
  • 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
  • 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, 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, Pittsburgh, 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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