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Inv. n°: CL861

Abstract Force: Homage to Franz Kline

This object is on display at the FAMM . Come experience it in person.

Signed lower left. Abstract Expressionism.

h. 127 x w. 182.88 cm
1951-1952
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The Artist
  • Private Collection
  • Acquired at Hollis Taggart, New York, 01/01/2020

Publications

  • A. Flack (ed.), Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 01/01/1992, illus., p. 13
  • Hollis Taggart Galleries (ed.), Audrey Flack: The Abstract Expressionist Years, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 01/01/2015, pl. 12
  • P. Malone, "Learning from an Artist's Early Experiments with AbEx", Hyperallergic, May 28, 2015 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://hyperallergic.com/209959/learning-from-an-artists-early-experiments-with-abex/
  • J. Marter (ed.), Abstract Expressionsim Revisited: Selections From the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection, Guild Hall Museum, New York, 01/01/2019, p. 11
  • "Abstract Expressionism Revisited: Selections from the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection", Guil Hall Website, October 1, 2019, [On-line]. Available at: https:// www.guildhall.org/events/abstract-expressionism-revisited-selections-from-the-guild-hall- museum-permanent-collection/
  • M. Segal, "Guild Hall's AbEx Treasures", The East Hampton Star, October 24, 2019 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.easthamptonstar.com/20191024/guild-halls-abex-treasures
  • "Abstract ExpressionismRevisited - Gallery Talk with Joan Marter", Guild Hall You Tube, October 27, 2019 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/74ar88_AShA
  • Hollis Taggart, "Exhibitions: Audrey Flack Abstract Force: Homage to Franz Kline", Hollist Taggart Galleries, 01/01/2020, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.hollistaggart.com/exhibitions/55-audrey-flack-the-abstract-expressionist-years/works/artworks10010/
  • "The Last Art Heroine", Heroines of Abstract Expressionism.com, April 13, 2021 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/hu1Yxz_exbM, 03:39
  • "Restorations Conservations: Women Artists and the Abstract Revolution", The Florentine You Tube, April 21, 2021 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://youtu.be/tgdWylCx1Uk, 24:24
  • H. Farrell, "In the Gallery at Home with Christian and Florence Levett", The Florentine, Italy, May 1, 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, May 5, 2021 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/05/05/at-home-gallery-christian-florence-levett/
  • Ellen G. Landau & Joan M. Marter, Abstract Expressionists: The Women, London, 2023, pp. 97-99 (detail), p. 239
  • 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
  • Apollo Art Magazine: Maggie Gray, Women artists make a radical mess at the Whitechapel Gallery, February 16, 2023 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://www.apollo-magazine.com/women-artists-abstract-expressionism-whitechapel-gallery/
  • Florence Hallett, "Action, Gesture, Paint at Whitechapel Gallery, review: A radical overhaul of Abstract Expressionist history", inews, London, February 9, 2023 12:00 AM, [On-line]. Available at: https://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/action-gesture-paint-whitechapel-gallery-review-abstract-expressionist-history-2137738
  • 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. 67
  • G. Edquist, "At 92, Audrey Flack Has a Juicy Memoir, a new Art Show, and a lot to Say", Vogue, March 30, 2024 12:00 AM
  • A. Flack, With Darkness Came Stars: a Memoir, The Pennsylvania State University Press, 01/01/2024
  • 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. 128
  • B. Robaglia, "Christian Levett - The Collector and Philanthropist who gave Women Artists a Museum", Monaco Woman, Autumn-Winter 2025, p. 57
  • TL mag, "When the Best Work Was Still Available : Why I Turned to Women Artists", The Art of Collecting - Guest Editor : Simon de Pury, n°41, February 6, 2026 12:00 AM, p. 71

Exhibitions

  • Joseph Albers: His Influence, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, USA, November 15, 1981 12:00 AM — January 17, 1982 12:00 AM
  • Breaking the Rules: Audrey Flack, A Retrospective 1950-1990, Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, March 22, 1992 12:00 AM — May 17, 1992 12:00 AM
  • Audrey Flack: The Abstract Expressionist Years, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, USA, May 7, 2015 12:00 AM — June 13, 2015 12:00 AM
  • Gallery Selections: A Selection of Post-War and Modernist Works from Our Inventory, Hollis Taggart Gallery, New York, USA, January 10, 2018 12:00 AM — March 10, 2018 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionism Revisited: Selections from the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection, Guild Hall, New York, USA, October 26, 2019 12:00 AM — December 30, 2019 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 dnd 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: The Women, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas, USA, August 24, 2025 12:00 AM — November 16, 2025 12:00 AM
  • Abstract Expressionists: The Women, 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

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