"Painting is my attempt to identify with the universal whole. The expansive center of the universe and of nature as in blossoming flowers of the ripples radiating from a stone thrown in a pool of water are my constant challenge in abstract terms."
—Vivian Springford, 1975
Provenance
Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Vivian Springford, exh. cat., Almine Rech Gallery, New York, 2018, pp. 118, 204 (illustrated, p. 118)
Vivian Springford (b. 1913-2003) is associated with the Abstract Expressionist and Color Field movements of the 1950s-1970s in the United States. Springford retreated from public life in the 1980s as she lost her eyesight due to macular degeneration. Springford shared a studio with Chinese-American artist and poet Walasse Ting for nearly 10 years, and she would credit him with introducing her to Chinese calligraphy —a major influence on her early work. Her abstract style transformed over her career from gestural drip paintings to canvases stained with watery pools of color that call to mind fellow AbEx artists like Helen Frankenthaler and Morris Louis.
numbered "VSF576" on the overlap; further stamped by the Estate of the Artist on the reverse acrylic on canvas 70 1/4 x 70 1/4 in. (178.4 x 178.4 cm) Painted in 1975.