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    Betty Parsons

    Untitled, 1980
    Acrylic on wood
    33 x 14 x 2 1/2 in (83.8 x 35.6 x 6.3 cm)
    BP403

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    Parsons explained that her motivation in the studio was a desire to capture “the invisible presence,” a phrase she coined in 1977, which was indicative of her interest in mysticism...
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    Parsons explained that her motivation in the studio was a desire to capture “the invisible presence,” a phrase she coined in 1977, which was indicative of her interest in mysticism related to indigenous American art. Her aim to represent pure energy was present in her paintings, assemblages, and diaries. Beginning in 1965, she created painted wooden sculptures, such as this untitled (1980) work composed of wood elements found during walks on the beach near her studio in Southold, Long Island. As curator Abigail Winograd notes, these geometric assemblages which furthered Parsons’ formal explorations, “are, in some ways, reminiscent of Dada sculpture but also indebted to a lifelong interest in Native American and forms of non-Western artistic practice.”
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    Provenance

    Hindman Auctions, Chicago

    Estate of David C. Heath, Atlanta, Georgia

    Exhibitions

    2022: Betty Parsons, Marion Art Center, MA
    2020: Betty Parsons: 1950s Works on Paper, Alexander Gray Associates, Germantown, NY
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