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FAITH RINGGOLD (1930-2024)

Lot 108
01.10.2024 13:00UTC -05:00
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1303883
Lot 108 | FAITH RINGGOLD (1930-2024)
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FAITH RINGGOLD (1930-2024)
Tar Beach II
signed, inscribed, titled, numbered and dated 'TAR BEACH 2 NO. 19 OF 24 1990 NYC Faith Ringgold' (lower right); signed again, inscribed again. titled again, numbered again and dated again 'TAR BEACH 2 No. 19 OF 24 FAITH RINGGOLD NYC 1990' (on the reverse)
multicolored screenprint on stitched plain weave, printed cotton plain weave, black and green synthetic moire
66 x 66 in. (167.6 x 167.6 cm.)
Executed in 1990-1992. This work is number nineteen from an edition of twenty-four unique variants.




Provenance

The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Exhibited

New York, Bernice Steinbaum, The Definitive American Quilt, December 1990-January 1991 (another example exhibited).
University of California San Diego, Grove Gallery, Faith Ringgold: Celebrating Cultural Diversity in American Theatre, September-November 1990 (another example exhibited).
Washington, DC, The Textile Museum, Inspirations: Exploring the Art of Faith Ringgold, April-September 1993 (another example exhibited).
Saint Louis, MI, The Saint Louis Art Museum, Currents 57: Faith Ringgold, March- May 1994 (another example exhibited).
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Generations: African-American Art in the VMFA Collection, Lewis Focus Gallery exhibition, June 2003-June 2004 (another example exhibited).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Chemistry of Color: African American Artists in Philadelphia, 1970-1990, January-April 2005, pp. 51 and 89, pl. 16 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Spokane, Gonzaga Jundt Art Museum, Queen of Quilts, January-April 2007 (another example exhibited).
Fairfield Museum and History Center, Our Nation’s Generations: The New Beginnings Family, February-March 2011 (another example exhibited).
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Identity Shifts, April-July 2014 (another example exhibited).
Washington, DC, National Building Museum, Faith Ringgold: Story Quilts, April-May 2017 (another example exhibited).
Sacramento, Crooker Art Museum, Faith Ringgold: An American Artist, February-May 2018 (another example exhibited).
New York, New Museum; de Young Fine Art Museums of San Francisco and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Faith Ringgold: American People, February 2022-February 2024, pp. 147 and 168-169 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Paris, Musée Picasso, Faith Ringgold: Black is Beautiful, January-July 2023 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, Jeffrey Deitch, Faith Ringgold: A Survey, May-August 2023 (another example exhibited).
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, February-March 2024, pp. 96-97 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
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