Forms #6, Disparate Forms

1946

American, born Chicago, 1896; died New York City, 1983

Oil on canvas

35 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (89.5 x 63.8 cm)

Gift of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein

2015.14.1

Provenance: Probably the artist, to her dealer [Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York], by 1980; sold to donors, Seattle, September 25, 1980

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryWest Hartford, Conn., Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Charmion von Wiegand, In Search of the Spiritual, Nov. 18, 1993-Jan. 15, 1994. Text by Susan Larsen.

Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Modern in Europe: Featuring Selections from the Collection of Gladys and Sam Rubinstein, Nov. 5, 2004 - April 17, 2005. No catalogue.

Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, Elles: SAM: Singular Works by Seminal Women Artists, Oct. 6, 2012-Feb. 17, 2013. No catalogue.

Basel, Switzerland, Kunstmuseum Basel, Charmion von Wiegand: Coloring Modernism, Mar. 25 - Aug. 13, 2023

Published ReferencesMcNally, Owen. "Divinely Abstract," Hartford Courant, November 21, 1993: G1, reproduced.

Wismer, Maja and Felix Vogel. "Charmion von Wiegand et la Peinture Abstraite." Les Cahiers du Musee national d'art moderne no. 159 (Spring 2022): pp. 29-39, reproduced p. 30.

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