Her Own, The Early Abstract Expressionist Paintings of Grace Hartigan
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Her Own presents famed artist Grace Hartigan's Abstract Expressionist work created between 1950 and 1967. More than 35 works from public and private collections, and spanning the artist’s highly successful early career, come together in a powerful exhibition that provides a rarely available window into this fruitful and important period in her life.
Mostly self-taught and influenced by friends and companions such as Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Hartigan translated the Abstract Expressionist style into something of her own vision through incorporating into her paintings her own passions, desires and experiences. She achieved her own style through a fluid and dynamic painting technique in which drawing was a key component; and her inclusion of recognizable imagery created a balance between representation and abstraction. Her painting line was further underscored and bolstered by a powerful and equally dynamic color palette that she carried forth throughout her long career.
Early in her career, Hartigan exhibited in New York galleries like Tibor de Nagy and Martha Jackson, was the subject of a photo essay in Life magazine by photographer and film maker Gordon Parks, and her works were collected by luminaries of the day including Philip Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller and Peggy Guggenheim. Recent exposure, including the publishing of her early journals from 1951- 1955 by Syracuse University Press, along with historic exhibitions at The Jewish Museum, New York (Action / Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning and American Art, 1940-1976), 2008; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York (Abstract Expressionist New York), 2010, has rekindled a great deal of interest in Hartigan’s life and work. Today, she is considered to be a key contributor in the shaping of what is now the canon of twentieth century American painting.
Specifications:
| Number of Works: | More than 35 oil paintings |
| Curator: | Michael Klein, independent curator |
| Organized by: | International Arts & Artists |
| Approximate size: | 350-400 running feet |
| Security: | High Security |
Fee: |
$50,000 |
| Shipping: | IA&A makes all arrangements; exhibitors pay outgoing shipping costs within the contiguous US |
| Booking Time: | 12 weeks |
| Tour: | January 2014 - January 2016 |
| Availability: | January 2014 - January 2016 |
| Contact: | Beth Pacentrilli |
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Summary | Specifications | Tour Schedule | Images | Installations | Press
