Provenance
Almine Rech Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2019
Exhibited
New York, Almine Rech Gallery, Vivian Springford, September 12–October 20, 2018, pp. 89, 202 (illustrated)
Artist Biography
Vivian Springford
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.

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Vivian Springford

Untitled (VSF 733)

stamped with the Vivian Springford Administration stamp on the stretcher
acrylic on canvas
70 x 70 in. (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
Painted in 1972.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000

Sold for $88,900

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New York Auction 15 November 2023