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Women and Abstraction: 1741- Now

Organized by: Addison Gallery of American Art
01/28/2023 - 07/31/2023

Exhibition Objects (114)

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Image of Abstraction

Betty Parsons - Abstraction 1952.12

Image of Addison Stairs

Liz Collins - Addison Stairs 2021.49

Image of All About Blue

Helen Frankenthaler - All About Blue 2003.44.95

Image of Amphitheatre, Mills College

Imogen Cunningham - Amphitheatre, Mills College 2015.20

Image of Arabesque

Beverly Hallam - Arabesque 1998.95

Image of Axios

Deborah Remington - Axios 1971.24

Image of Bed Rug

Phoebe Denison Billings - Bed Rug 1940.25

Image of Bed Rug

Mary Hinkley West - Bed Rug 1965.8

Image of Black Painting

Shirley Goldfarb - Black Painting 2001.10

Image of Blue Votive Lights

Loren MacIver - Blue Votive Lights 1971.28

Cándida Alvarez - Breast, Navel, Eye 2008.111a-c

Image of Cadenza

Barbara Morgan - Cadenza 1984.34

Image of City Kaleidoscope

Sheila Eaton Isham - City Kaleidoscope 1961.57

Image of Composition

Yvonne Thomas - Composition 2005.23

Image of Cut and Raised Diamond X Shape

Carole Seborovski - Cut and Raised Diamond X Shape 1994.34

Rosamond and Dennis Purcell - Egg of the Common Murre, Unrolled, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Camarillo, California 2023.108.39

Image of estimated, torn "5" inch sq and remeasured

Gisela Fischer - estimated, torn "5" inch sq and remeasured 1991.136

Carole Seborovski - Female Form/Diamond Shapes 1994.36

Image of Fenêtre II

Sheila Hicks - Fenêtre II 2011.19

Image of Fenêtre III

Sheila Hicks - Fenêtre III 2011.20

Image of Fenêtre IV

Sheila Hicks - Fenêtre IV 2011.21

Image of Figures on Green

Ruth Asawa - Figures on Green 1950.11

Image of Flowers

Abigail Ames Beard - Flowers 1947.23.8

Image of Flowers

Dolia Lorian - Flowers 1953.2

Image of Form

Toshiko Takaezu - Form 1965.5

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.1

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.2

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.3

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.4

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.5

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.6

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.7

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.8

Image of Fourth of July

Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.9

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Petah Coyne - Fourth of July 2005.4.1-9

Image of Gemini 66

Edna Wright Andrade - Gemini 66 1968.16

Image of Great Triangle, Nazca, Peru

Marilyn Bridges - Great Triangle, Nazca, Peru 1986.4

Image of I am not the same person

Joan Snyder - I am not the same person 2013.89

Image of Indian Eye

Betty Parsons - Indian Eye 2012.51

Image of Inkosana (Little Master of the Heart)

Dorothy Hood - Inkosana (Little Master of the Heart) 1985.20

Image of Ivy

Abigail Ames Beard - Ivy 1947.23.9

Image of Jaff

Jackie Saccoccio - Jaff 2012.53

Image of Jan. #1

Natalie Alper - Jan. #1 1991.91.1

Natalie Alper - Jan. #1, #2, #3 1991.91.1-3

Image of Jan. #2

Natalie Alper - Jan. #2 1991.91.2

Image of Jan. #3

Natalie Alper - Jan. #3 1991.91.3

Image of Kingbird/Pinyon Jay

Lynda Benglis - Kingbird/Pinyon Jay 2019.45

Image of Landscape

Mary Meigs - Landscape 2022.103.93

Image of Landscape Forms

Reba Stewart - Landscape Forms 2022.103.147

Image of Lava, Hawaii

Linda Connor - Lava, Hawaii 2020.49.3

Image of Light is Gold

Irene Rice Pereira - Light is Gold 1952.16

Image of Linen

Eve Peri - Linen 1950.22

Jennifer Bartlett - Lines (Set B) 2007.43a-f

Image of Little Pleasures

Zahara Schatz - Little Pleasures 1949.18

Image of Little Turtle Pond, Kingston, NY

Michelle Stuart - Little Turtle Pond, Kingston, NY 1991.126

Image of Looking Up Inside Sending Tower, N.B.C., Bellmore, L.I.

Margaret Bourke-White - Looking Up Inside Sending Tower, N.B.C., Bellmore, L.I. 1934.51

Image of Love Light

Grace Hartigan - Love Light 1986.6

Image of Magnetic Field

Berenice Abbott - Magnetic Field 1982.160.12

Image of Magnetic Fields

Perle Fine - Magnetic Fields 1992.9

Image of Mobile Images

Mavis Iona Pusey - Mobile Images 2022.115

Image of Mr. Knots

Sue Williams - Mr. Knots 2004.41

Image of My Birthday Eyegay

Florine Stettheimer - My Birthday Eyegay 2018.72

Image of N.E.W.S. (North, East, West, South)

Judy Pfaff - N.E.W.S. (North, East, West, South) 2022.112

Image of NBC Transmission Coils

Margaret Bourke-White - NBC Transmission Coils 2004.14

Image of No. 1

Anne Ryan - No. 1 1960.8

Image of Paul

Elizabeth Enders - Paul 2022.27

Image of Photogenic

Lotte Jacobi - Photogenic 1986.42

Image of Pietre/Foglie

Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta - Pietre/Foglie 1985.47.1-25

Image of Pink Paradise (Belize)

Rachel Perry - Pink Paradise (Belize) 2014.40

Image of Plate 6

Dorothea Rockburne - Plate 6 1983.46.6

Image of Plate IV

Edda Renouf - Plate IV 1992.112.4

Image of Plate V

Edda Renouf - Plate V 1992.112.5

Elizabeth Murray - Road Drawing 2017.10

Image of Rose

Elizabeth Enders - Rose 2012.74

Image of Ruth Kainen's Amaryllis

Alma Thomas - Ruth Kainen's Amaryllis 2010.109

Image of Samadhi

Barbara Morgan - Samadhi 1984.35

Image of Scott Joplin

Ellen Banks - Scott Joplin 1983.16

Image of Scrambles

Liz Whitney Quisgard - Scrambles 2022.15.1-60

Image of Seed Dispersal

Claire Falkenstein - Seed Dispersal 1949.15

Image of Select Sentences

Matilda Elizabeth Schmahl - Select Sentences 1957.19.2

Image of Servants of the Sun

Jeanne Reynal - Servants of the Sun 1961.42

Image of Small Plants with Dew

Laura Gilpin - Small Plants with Dew 2019.65

Image of Still Life, Flowers

Marie Cosindas - Still Life, Flowers 1963.49

Image of String Composition #203

Sue Fuller - String Composition #203 1961.52

Image of Sunflowers III

Joan Mitchell - Sunflowers III 2003.44.125

Image of The Queen's Gambit

Fannie Hillsmith - The Queen's Gambit 1961.47

Image of The Women Come and Go

Ruth Reeves - The Women Come and Go 1952.5

Image of Tokens of Identity, State II

Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer - Tokens of Identity, State II 1990.120

Image of Triptych

Maud Morgan - Triptych 1959.9

Image of Uncovered Woman

Clara Wainwright - Uncovered Woman 1977.102

Image of Untitled

Suzan Pitt - Untitled 1983.15

Image of Untitled

Agnes Martin - Untitled 1991.46

Thumbnail for missing image of Untitled

Elizabeth Murray - Untitled 1991.86

Image of Untitled

June Leaf - Untitled 1992.58

Image of Untitled

Blanche Lazzell - Untitled 1995.59

Image of Untitled

Blanche Lazzell - Untitled 1995.61

Image of Untitled

Louise Nevelson - Untitled 2000.78

Judith Rothschild - Untitled 2011.37a-c

Image of Untitled

Betty Parsons - Untitled 2012.50

Image of Untitled

Ellen Gallagher - Untitled 2016.18

Image of Untitled

Jo Sandman - Untitled 2019.89

Image of Untitled

Jo Sandman - Untitled 2019.91

Image of Untitled

Sally Mann - Untitled 2020.49.7

Image of Untitled

Penelope Umbrico - Untitled 2021.32.39a-i

Image of Untitled

Lois Swirnoff - Untitled 2022.103.154

Image of Untitled

Libbie Mark - Untitled 2023.22

Image of Untitled

Hedda Sterne - Untitled 2023.159

Image of Untitled ("February")

Katherine Porter - Untitled ("February") 1972.18

Image of Untitled (265)

Lynne Woods Turner - Untitled (265) 2006.67

Image of Untitled (C83 254)

Hannelore Baron - Untitled (C83 254) 2006.47

Image of Untitled (for B.C.)

Jay DeFeo - Untitled (for B.C.) 2018.47

Image of Untitled (Geometric Abstraction)

Charmion von Wiegand - Untitled (Geometric Abstraction) 2003.40

Image of Untitled (sc.04.011)

Christine Hiebert - Untitled (sc.04.011) 2006.65

Image of Wave, Night

Georgia O'Keeffe - Wave, Night 1947.33

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Artists (86)

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Abigail Ames Beard (Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, 1806 - 1839, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts)
Agnes Martin (Maklin, Saskatchewan, Canada, Mar 22, 1912 - Dec 16, 2004, Taos, NM)
Alma Thomas (Columbus, GA, September 22, 1891 - February 24, 1978, Washington, DC)
Anne Ryan (Hoboken, NJ, July 20, 1889 - April 17, 1954, Morristown, NJ)
Barbara Morgan (Buffalo, KS, Jul 8, 1900 - Aug 17, 1992, Tarrytown, NY)
Berenice Abbott (Springfield, OH, July 17, 1898 - Dec 10, 1991, Monson, ME)
Betty Parsons (New York, NY, Jan 31, 1900 - Jul 23, 1982, Southhold, NY)
Beverly Hallam (Lynn, MA, Nov 22, 1923 - Feb 21, 2013, York, ME)
Blanche Lazzell (Maidsville, WV, Oct 10, 1878 - 1956, Morgantown, WV)
Cándida Alvarez (Brooklyn, New York, Feb 2, 1955 - )
Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta (Carl: 1935, Quincy, MA, Ana: 1948, Havana, Cuba, Carl: 1935, Ana: 1948 - Ana, 1985)
Carole Seborovski (San Diego, CA, 1960 - )
Charmion von Wiegand (Chicago, IL, March 4, 1896 - Jun 9, 1983, New York, NY)
Christine Hiebert (Basel, Switzerland, 1960 - )
Claire Falkenstein (Coos Bay, OR, Jul 22, 1918 - Oct 23, 1997, Venice, CA)
Clara Wainwright (Boston, MA, 1936 - )
Deborah Remington (Haddonfield, NJ, Jun 25, 1930 - April 21, 2010, Moorestown, N.J.)
Dolia Lorian (Odessa, Russia, Odessa, Russia – March 24, 1952, New York, NY)
Dorothea Rockburne (Verdun, Quebec, Canada, Oct 18, 1932 - )
Dorothy Hood (Bryan, TX, Aug 22, 1918 - Oct 28, 2000, Houston, TX)
Edda Renouf (Mexico City, Jun 17, 1943 - )
Edna Wright Andrade (Portsmouth, VA, Jan 25, 1917 - Apr 17, 2008, Philadelphia, PA)
Elizabeth Enders (New London, CT, Feb 18, 1939 - )
Elizabeth Murray (Chicago, IL, Jun 9, 1940 - Aug 12, 2007, Washington County, NY)
Ellen Banks (Boston, MA, Jun 7, 1938 - May 18, 2017)
Ellen Gallagher (Providence, RI, December 16, 1965 – )
Eve Peri (Bangor, ME, Sep 25, 1897 - Mar 14, 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Fannie Hillsmith (Boston, MA, Mar 31, 1911 - July 27, 2007, Jaffrey, NH)
Florine Stettheimer (Rochester, NY, Aug 19, 1871 - May 11, 1944, New York, NY)
Georgia O'Keeffe (Sun Prairie, WI, Nov 15, 1887 - Mar 6, 1986, Sante Fe, NM)
Gisela Fischer
Grace Hartigan (Newark, NJ, Mar 28, 1922 - Nov 15, 2008, Baltimore, MD)
Hannelore Baron (Dillingen (Saarland), Germany , Jun 8, 1926 - Apr 1987, Riverdale, Bronx, NY)
Hedda Sterne (Bucharest, Romania, Aug 4, 1910 – April 8, 2011, New York, NY)
Helen Frankenthaler (New York, NY, Dec 12, 1928 - Dec 27, 2011, Darien, CT)
Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (New Orleans, LA, Nov 3, 1912 - Jan 24, 1997, Metairie, LA)
Imogen Cunningham (Portland, OR, Apr 12, 1883 - Jun 24, 1976, San Francisco, CA)
Irene Rice Pereira (Chelsea, MA, Aug 5, 1902 - Jan 11, 1971, Marbella, Spain)
Jackie Saccoccio (Providence, RI, Dec 16, 1963 – Dec 5, 2020, New York, NY)
Jay DeFeo (Hanover, NH, March 31, 1929 - Nov 11, 1989, Oakland, CA)
Jeanne Reynal (White Plains, NY, Apr 1, 1903 - 1982, New York, NY)
Jennifer Bartlett (Long Beach, CA, Mar 14, 1941 – July 25, 2022, Amagansett, NY)
Jo Sandman (Boston, MA, Mar 22, 1931 - )
Joan Mitchell (Chicago, IL, Feb 12, 1925 – Oct 30, 1992, Paris, France)
Joan Snyder (Highland Park, NJ, April 16, 1940 - )
Judith Rothschild (New York, NY, 1921 - 1993, New York, NY)
Judy Pfaff (London, United Kingdom, 1946 – )
June Leaf (Chicago, IL , Aug 4, 1929 – Jul 1, 2024, New York, NY)
Katherine Porter (Cedar Rapids, IA, September 11, 1941 – )
Libbie Mark (Jersey City, NJ, Sept 13, 1905 – July 10, 1972, New York, NY)
Linda Connor (New York, NY, Nov 18, 1944 - )
Liz Collins (Bethesda, MD, July 24, 1968 – )
Liz Whitney Quisgard (Philadelphia, PA, Oct 23, 1929 – )
Lois Swirnoff (Brooklyn, NY, May 9, 1931 – May 7, 2024, Brookline, MA)
Loren MacIver (New York, NY, Feb 2, 1909 - May 3, 1998, New York, NY)
Lotte Jacobi (Thorn, West Prussia, Germany, Aug 17, 1896 - May 6, 1990, Concord, NH)
Louise Nevelson (Pereyaslav, Russia, Sept 23, 1899 - April 17, 1988, New York, NY)
Lynne Woods Turner (Dallas, TX, 1951 - )
Margaret Bourke-White (Bronx, NY, Jun 14, 1904 - Aug 27, 1971, Stamford, CT)
Marie Cosindas (Boston, MA, Sep 22, 1925 - May 25, 2017, Boston, MA)
Marilyn Bridges (Newark, New Jersey, Dec 26, 1948 - )
Mary Hinkley West (1715 – 1794 (3?))
Mary Meigs (Philadelphia, PA, April 27, 1917 – Nov 15, 2002, Montreal, Canada)
Matilda Elizabeth Schmahl (Newark, NJ, May 19, 1837 - 1906, Shandaken, NY)
Maud Morgan (New York, NY, Mar 1, 1903 - Mar 14, 1999, Cambridge, MA)
Mavis Iona Pusey (Retreat, Jamaica, Sept 17, 1928 – April 20, 2019, Falmouth, VA)
Michelle Stuart (Borrego Springs, CA, 1940 - )
Natalie Alper (New York, NY, July 21, 1937 – Nov 5, 2023, Brookline, MA)
Penelope Umbrico (Philadelphia, PA, Jan 31, 1957 - )
Perle Fine (Boston, MA, April 30, 1905 – May 31, 1988, East Hampton, NY)
Petah Coyne (Oklahoma City, OK, Sep 9, 1953 - )
Phoebe Denison Billings (possibly Stonington, CT, Apr 6, 1690 – Dec 30, 1775, Stonington, CT)
Rachel Perry (Tokyo, Japan, Mar 20, 1962 - )
Reba Stewart (Hudson, MI, 1930 - 1971)
Rosamond and Dennis Purcell Rosamond (b. 1942) and Dennis (b. )
Ruth Asawa (Norwalk, CA, Jan 27, 1926 - Aug 5, 2013, San Francisco, CA)
Sally Mann (Lexington, VA, May 1, 1951 - )
Sheila Eaton Isham (New York, NY, Dec 19, 1927 – April 9, 2024, Sagaponack, NY)
Sheila Hicks (Hastings, NE, July 24, 1934 - )
Shirley Goldfarb (Altoona, PA, Aug 4, 1925 - Sept 27, 1980, Paris, France)
Sue Fuller (Pittsburgh, PA, Aug 11, 1914 - Apr 19, 2006, South Hampton, NY)
Sue Williams (Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1954 - )
Suzan Pitt (Kansas City, MO, 1943 – June 16, 2019, Taos, NM)
Toshiko Takaezu (Pepeekeo, HI, June 17, 1922 - March 9, 2011, Honolulu, HI)
Yvonne Thomas (Nice, France, Oct 1, 1913 - Aug 7, 2009, New York, NY)
Zahara Schatz (Jerusalem, Palestine, 1916 - 1999, Jerusalem, Israel)

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