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An Alchemy of Ideas: Works from the Mickey Cartin Collection
FORREST BESS (1911-1977)
Untitled (No. 5)
Details
FORREST BESS (1911-1977)
Untitled (No. 5)
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
canvas: 8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (20.3 x 28.3 cm.)
overall: 9 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (25.1 x 32.1 cm.)
Painted in 1949.
Untitled (No. 5)
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
canvas: 8 x 11 1⁄8 in. (20.3 x 28.3 cm.)
overall: 9 7⁄8 x 12 5⁄8 in. (25.1 x 32.1 cm.)
Painted in 1949.
Provenance
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Rosalie Berkowitz, New York, circa 1951
Dr. William Frost Berkowitz, New York, by descent from the above
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993
Rosalie Berkowitz, New York, circa 1951
Dr. William Frost Berkowitz, New York, by descent from the above
Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1993
Literature
C. Smith, Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle, Brooklyn, 2013, pp. 123 and 165 (illustrated; titled Untitled No. 5 (Lightning Lady)).
K. Robinson Edwards, Midcentury Modernism in Texas: Abstract Art from the 1930s to 1950s, Austin, 2014, pp. 106, 359 and 366, fig. 4.19 (illustrated).
P. Kennicott, "They were once outsiders, but now are embraced as American artists," Washington Post, 2018, digital, n.p.
S. Delson, "Self-Taught Outsiders Looking In," Wall Street Journal, 2018, digital, n.p.
K. Robinson Edwards, Midcentury Modernism in Texas: Abstract Art from the 1930s to 1950s, Austin, 2014, pp. 106, 359 and 366, fig. 4.19 (illustrated).
P. Kennicott, "They were once outsiders, but now are embraced as American artists," Washington Post, 2018, digital, n.p.
S. Delson, "Self-Taught Outsiders Looking In," Wall Street Journal, 2018, digital, n.p.
Exhibited
New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, Forrest Bess, January 1962.
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Forrest Bess (1911-1977): Here is a Sign, January-March 1989, pp. 60-61 and 149, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Half Air, July-September 2003.
Boston, Nielsen Gallery, Nielsen Gallery, April-May 2004.
New York, David Zwirner, a point in space is a place for an argument, June-August 2007.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial, March-May 2012, n.p.
Houston, The Menil Collection; Los Angeles, Hammer Museum and State University of New York, Purchase College, Neuberger Museum of Art, Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible, April 2013-May 2014, p. 59 (illustrated).
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art; Atlanta, High Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Outliers and American Vanguard Art, January 2018-May 2019, pp. 310 and 375 (illustrated).
Kassel, Fridericianum, Forrest Bess, February-April 2020, p. 43 (illustrated).
New York, David Zwirner, Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection, November-December 2021, pp. 33, 99 and 101 (illustrated and illustrated in situ).
London, Camden Art Center, Forrest Bess, September-December 2022.
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Forrest Bess (1911-1977): Here is a Sign, January-March 1989, pp. 60-61 and 149, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Half Air, July-September 2003.
Boston, Nielsen Gallery, Nielsen Gallery, April-May 2004.
New York, David Zwirner, a point in space is a place for an argument, June-August 2007.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial, March-May 2012, n.p.
Houston, The Menil Collection; Los Angeles, Hammer Museum and State University of New York, Purchase College, Neuberger Museum of Art, Forrest Bess: Seeing Things Invisible, April 2013-May 2014, p. 59 (illustrated).
Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art; Atlanta, High Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Outliers and American Vanguard Art, January 2018-May 2019, pp. 310 and 375 (illustrated).
Kassel, Fridericianum, Forrest Bess, February-April 2020, p. 43 (illustrated).
New York, David Zwirner, Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection, November-December 2021, pp. 33, 99 and 101 (illustrated and illustrated in situ).
London, Camden Art Center, Forrest Bess, September-December 2022.
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Michael Baptist
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