ABSOLUMENT’S DICTIONARY OF MODERN ART

Archival imagery sources will arrive as the mystery artist is revealed.

[Introduction] - Sonia Delaunay’s Rhythme (Rhythm), 1945; Helen Frankenthaler photographed by Gordon Parks for Life magazine, 1956; Hans Hofmann’s Friday night critique in Provincetown, 1948; Arshile Gorky, late 1920s, photographer unknown; Arshile Gorky’s (Composition [Still Life]), 1936; Sigrid Hjertén’s Chalk Cliffs, 1935.

[A] - Jean Arp’s Human Concretion, 1935.

[B] - Georges Braque’s Figure, 1939.

[C] - Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Cœurs volants, 1936, couverture des Cahiers d’Art. © Association Marcel Duchamp / Adagp, Paris 2024 Éditions / Cahiers d’Art, Paris

[D] - Sonia Delaunay’s Rythyme (Rhythm), 1945. © Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection (c) Estate of Sonia Delaunay

[E] - Max Ernst’s La Vierge corrigeant l’Enfant Jésus devant trois témoins : André Breton, Paul Éluard et le peintre, 1926. © Adagp, Paris 2008 Photograph : Museum Ludwig, Cologne, photo Stadt Köln, Rheinisches Bildarchiv.

[F] Helen Frankenthaler’s April, 1963.

[G] - (Composition [Still Life]), 1936, Photo: Robert LaPrelle © Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

[H] - Sigrid Hjertén’s Södra landet, 1912

[N] - Louise Nevelson’s Mirror Shadow XXXXVI, 1987, c/o Locks Gallery

[O] - Georgia O’Keeffe’s Yellow Sweet Peas, c/o The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation

[R] - Bridget Riley’s Red with Red Triptych (Rouge avec tryptique rouge), 2010 © Bridget Riley, courtesy Karsten Schubert.

[S] - Hedda Sterne painting c/o The Hedda Sterne Foundation

[T] - Untitled, 1960, c/o The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

[V] - Suzanne Valadon’s La Chambre bleue, 1923, c/o Le Centre Pompidou

[W] Berenice Abbott’s photograph Peggy Guggenheim poses in her New York gallery Art of This Century, October 22, 1942. © 2024 Estate of Berenice Abbott

[X] - Portrait of Marevna by Diego Rivera, 1915, X-rayed by the Art Institute of Chicago.

[Y] - c/o The Foundation of Art NYC

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