Untitled

Painting

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di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

838

Description

Soft edge abstraction in russets and reds on yellowish ground

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Category

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

AR0838

Source or Donor

Butterfield & Butterfield

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Deborah Remington

Date made

1951

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Date

Location

Recto, lower right

Transcription

Remington '51

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

28-3/4 in

Width

31 in

Dimension Description

Object

Height

28 in

Width

30 in

Exhibitions

Exhibition

The Incorrect Museum: Redux

Notes

May 13, 2022 - February 26, 2023, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Be Not Still: Living in Uncertain Times (Part 1)

Notes

January 27 - May 27, 2018, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Exhibition

Based on a True Story: Highlights from the di Rosa Collection

Notes

October 26, 2016 - October 15, 2017, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa

Research Notes

Research Type

Curator

Date

2022

Notes

This early work by Remington—painted during her years as an undergraduate at the California School of Fine Arts—reflects the influence of teachers like Clifford Still and Hassel Smith. Abstract expressionist in style, it differs from Remington’s better-known, hard-edged and light-infused, paintings from the 1960s. Certain similarities with the later works (including a psychedelic use of color)are nevertheless evident. Remington—who in 1954 cofounded the artist cooperative6 Gallery with Wally Hedrick, Manuel Neri, Jack Spicer, Hayward King and David Simpson—was a central figure in San Francisco’s beat scene. She was present in 1955, when Allen Ginsburg delivered the first public reading of “Howl” at 6 Gallery, cementing the popular image of San Francisco beatniks as “angelheaded hipsters” seeking spiritual transcendence in art, poetry and jazz.