Mary Abbott, Untitled Abstract Watercolor Painting, Framed

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Mary Abbott (American, 1921-2019), Untitled Abstract Watercolor on paper, 1981, signed and dated to verso of sheet, matted and framed … Read more Mary Abbott (American, 1921-2019), Untitled Abstract Watercolor on paper, 1981, signed and dated to verso of sheet, matted and framed under glass.

Mary Abbott was an Abstract Expressionist artist active in New York during the 1940s and 1950s. Abbott taught at the University of Minnesota but eventually returned to the East Coast, dividing her time between a loft in Manhattan and a small house in Southampton. It is believed that her exposure was limitied because she was a woman. She said: "Generally speaking the women at the Club weren't treated differently than anyone else -- an artist was an artist. Sometimes you might get treated like a girl because you were pretty. I was chosen to collect the dues and go buy the booze because I was pretty and the guys would pay up if I asked them to. Other times you had to be tough to be taken seriously." Abbott was influenced by George Grosz and Willem de Kooning, and her peers included Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, David Hare, Elaine de Kooning, Perle Fine, Jackson Pollock, and Robert Motherwell.

Dimensions: Sheet sight 5 3/4 x 8 in.; Frame dimensions 10 7/8 x 13 in.

Condition: Good vintage condition. See less