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Inv. n°: CL824

Purple Crossover

Abstract Expressionism.

h. 132.08 x w. 157.48 cm
1959
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Artist, USA
  • McCornick Gallery, Chicago
  • Magis Collection, Minnesota
  • Acquired at Heather James Fine Art, San Francisco, 01/01/2020

Publications

  • Mc Cormick Gallery, Mary Abbott, A Painter, Mc Cormick Gallery, Chicago, 01/01/2020, p. 101
  • Heather James Fine Art, Abstract Expressionist Women, February 4, 2020 12:00 AM, pp. 6-7
  • P. Braff, Mary Abbott. The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, 01/01/2021, p. 13
  • J. Landes, "Mary Abbott's Revelatory Decade", The East Hampton Star, June 17, 2021 12:00 AM
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "Whitechapel Gallery offers thrilling landmark show of female abstract artists — review", Financial Times, February 1, 2023 12:00 AM, [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, pp. 60-61, p. 235
  • Al Jazeera: Jessica Baldwin, London exhibition celebrates overlooked female artists, London, February 9, 2023 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/wYPFQ68e9Xk
  • Jackie Wullschläger, "When abstraction was an act of liberation", The Financial Times, London, February 1, 2023 12:00 AM, p. 20
  • 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. 176
  • 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.144

Exhibitions

  • Mary Abbott: The Living Possibility of Paint, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, New York, USA, May 1, 2021 12:00 AM — July 25, 2021 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, February 7, 2023 12:00 AM — May 14, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles, France, June 4, 2023 12:00 AM — October 22, 2023 12:00 AM
  • Action/Gesture/Paint: A Global Story of Women and Abstraction 1940-1970, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, December 1, 2023 — March 1, 2024
  • Abstract Expressionists, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, August 24, 2025 12:00 AM — November 16, 2025 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionists, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, January 30, 2026 12:00 AM — April 26, 2026 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, May 23, 2026 12:00 AM — August 30, 2026 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Grinnell College Museum of Art, Grinnell, Iowa, USA, September 19, 2026 12:00 AM — January 3, 2027 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama, USA, January 30, 2027 12:00 AM — April 25, 2027 12:00 AM

© Courtesy of McCormick Gallery, Chicago

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