Art 234
R. Mattison
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#12 – Abstract Expressionism: The Triumph of American Painting


Arshile Gorky (1904 – 1948)

  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

Enigmatic Combat.

ca. 1936.

San Francisco.


  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

Garden of Sochi I.

1940.

Private collection.


  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

Garden of Sochi II.

1941.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

Garden of Sochi III.

1942.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

The Waterfall.

1943.

Private collection.


  Arshile GORKY  (1904–1948).

Agony.

1947.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


Adolph Gottlieb (1903 – 1974)

  Adolph GOTTLIEB  (1903–1974).

Eves of Oedipus.

1943.

Estate of the artist.


  Adolph GOTTLIEB  (1903–1974).

Blast I.

1957.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Adolph GOTTLIEB  (1903–1974).

Red Earth.

1959.

Private collection.


Mark Rothko (1903 – 1970)

  Mark ROTHKO  (1903–1970).

Slow Swirl by the Edge of the Sea.

1944.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Mark ROTHKO  (1903–1970).

Orange and Brown.

1950.

Detroit: Institute of Arts.


  Mark ROTHKO  (1903–1970).

Red, Brown, and Black.

1958.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


Barnett Newman (1905 – 1970)

  Barnett NEWMAN  (1905–1970).

Pagan Void.

1945.

Estate of the artist.


  Barnett NEWMAN  (1905–1970).

Untitled.

1945.

Estate of the artist.


  Barnett NEWMAN  (1905–1970).

Vir Heroicus Sublimus.

1950.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Barnett NEWMAN  (1905–1970).

Cathedra.

1951.

Private collection.


Willem de Kooning (1904 – 1989)

  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Marilyn Monroe.

1954.

Private collection.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Seated Man.

1940.

Private collection.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Pink Angels.

1945.

Private collection.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Excavation.

1950.

Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Study for Woman I.

1950.

Private collection.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Woman on Bicycle.

1952–53.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art.


  Willem de KOONING  (1904–1989).

Untitled V.

1983.

Private collection.


Robert Motherwell (1915 – 1991)

  Robert MOTHERWELL  (1915–1991).

Spanish Prisoner.

1943.

Private collection.


  Robert MOTHERWELL  (1915–1991).

Elegy to the Spanish Republic.

1971–72.

Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art.


  Robert MOTHERWELL  (1915–1991).

Open No. 37.

1969.

Private collection.


  Robert MOTHERWELL  (1915–1991).

The French Line.

1972.

Private collection.


Jackson Pollock (1912 – 1956)

  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Going West.

1934–35.

Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Water Figure.

1945.

Private collection.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

She Wolf.

1943.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Pasiphaë.

1943.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Shimmering Substance.

1946.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Full Fathom Five.

1947.

Private collection.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Number 1.

1948.

New York: Museum of Modern Art.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Lucifer.

1947.

Private collection.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Autumn Rhythm.

1950.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Blue Poles.

1952.

Canberra: National Gallery of Australia.


  Jackson POLLOCK  (1912–1956).

Black and white Painting III.

1951.

Private collection.


Grace Hartigan (b. 1922)

  Grace HARTIGAN  (b. 1922).

Months and Moons.

1950.

Private collection.


  Grace HARTIGAN  (b. 1922).

Grand Street Brides.

1954.

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art.


  Grace HARTIGAN  (b. 1922).

Heaven and Hell.

1986.

Private collection.


Joan Mitchell (1926 – 1992)

  Joan MITCHELL  (1926–1992).

Edrita Fried.

1981.

Private collection.


David Smith (1906 – 1965)

  David SMITH  (1906–1965).

Rape.

1945.

Private collection.


  David SMITH  (1906–1965).

Australia.

1951.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.


  David SMITH  (1906–1965).

Cubi XII.

1963.

Washington, D.C.: Hirschhorn Museum and Scultpture Garden.


 
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