Forrest Bess
signed and dated "Forrest Bess 1951" on the reverse of the frame
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
10 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (27.3 x 29.8 cm)
Painted in 1951, in the United States.
Provenance:
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Hirschl u0026 Adler Modern, New York
Edward R. Downs, Jr.
Janice and Mickey Cartin, Hartford
David Zwirner, New York
Modern Art Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2023
Exhibited:
New York, Hirschl u0026 Adler Modern; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; San Jose Museum of Art; Cologne, Museum Ludwig, u003cemu003eForrest Bessu003c/emu003e, April 1988–March 1989, no. 23, n.p. (illustrated)
New Brunswick, Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum; Miami, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, u003cemu003eAbstract Expressionisms: Other Dimensionsu003c/emu003e, October 1989–June 1990, no. 5, fig. 131, pp. 136, 147 (illustrated, p. 147)
New York, Mitchell-Innes u0026 Nash, u003cemu003eWe Make Any Size of Mirroru003c/emu003e, September 21–November 22, 2006
New York, David Zwirner, u003cemu003eSeen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collectionu003c/emu003e, November 4–December 18, 2021
Literature:
Chuck Smith, u003cemu003eForrest Bess: Key to the Riddleu003c/emu003e, New York, 2013, pp. 79, 164 (illlustrated, p. 79)
signed and dated "Forrest Bess 1951" on the reverse of the frame
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
10 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (27.3 x 29.8 cm)
Painted in 1951, in the United States.
Provenance:
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
Hirschl u0026 Adler Modern, New York
Edward R. Downs, Jr.
Janice and Mickey Cartin, Hartford
David Zwirner, New York
Modern Art Ltd., London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2023
Exhibited:
New York, Hirschl u0026 Adler Modern; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; San Jose Museum of Art; Cologne, Museum Ludwig, u003cemu003eForrest Bessu003c/emu003e, April 1988–March 1989, no. 23, n.p. (illustrated)
New Brunswick, Rutgers University, Zimmerli Art Museum; Miami, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art, u003cemu003eAbstract Expressionisms: Other Dimensionsu003c/emu003e, October 1989–June 1990, no. 5, fig. 131, pp. 136, 147 (illustrated, p. 147)
New York, Mitchell-Innes u0026 Nash, u003cemu003eWe Make Any Size of Mirroru003c/emu003e, September 21–November 22, 2006
New York, David Zwirner, u003cemu003eSeen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collectionu003c/emu003e, November 4–December 18, 2021
Literature:
Chuck Smith, u003cemu003eForrest Bess: Key to the Riddleu003c/emu003e, New York, 2013, pp. 79, 164 (illlustrated, p. 79)
