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Inv. n°: CL874

Untitled (Calligraphy Series)

Abstract Expressionism.

Unframed: h. 127 x w. 153 cm; framed: h. 132.3 x w. 158.2 x d. 5.6 cm
c. 1962
Acrylic on canvas

Provenance

  • The estate of the artist
  • Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York
  • Peyton Wright Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
  • McCormick Gallery, Chicago
  • Vallarino Fine Art, New York
  • Acquired at Ikon Ldt & Emily Friedman Fine Art, Los Angeles

Publications

  • Artsy Website, , [On-line]. Available at: https://www.artsy.net/show/ikon-ltd-contemporary-art-fields-of-color-works-by- vivian-springford-and-jules-olitski
  • Ikon Ltd. Website, , [On-line]. Available at: https://ikonltd.com/past/fields-of-color-works-by-vivian-springford-and-jules- olitski-2019/
  • E. Minh Swenson, "Fields Of Color: Works By Vivian Springford And Jules Olitski", Vimeo, , [On-line]. Available at: https://vimeo.com/389935150
  • J. Marter (ed.), Women of Abstract Expressionism, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2016-07, p. 198
  • Emily Friedman Fine Art, Vivian Springford, , [On-line]. Available at:https://www.emilyfriedmanfineart.com/vivian-springford
  • "Restoriations Conversations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/ tgdWylCx1Uk, 1:13:46
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, p. 165, p. 245
  • 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. 103
  • 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.148

Exhibitions

  • Fiels Of Color: Works By Vivian Springford And Jules Olitski, Ikon Ltd. Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, November 9, 2019 — January 11, 2020
  • Ways of Freedom. Pollock. Rothko. Mitchell., Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, October 15, 2022 — January 22, 2023
  • The Shape of Freedom: International Abstraction after 1945, Munch Museet, Oslo, Norway, February 22, 2023 — June 4, 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, June 1, 2024 — May 1, 2026

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