Art of the Abstract Mark:

Libbie Mark’s Collage Paintings and Other Works, 1950s–1960s

Libbie Mark’s first solo show in 60 years was held at the National Arts Club in New York and featured 27 paintings and works on paper, many likely not exhibited since the 1960s.
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January 18 – February 25, 2022
Opening reception February 2, 2022
Gallery talk February 16, 2022

Curated by:

Jennifer Uhrhane, Curator and Consultant to the Libbie Mark Provincetown Fund
Robert Yahner, Curator/Registrar of the NAC.

Libbie Mark Exhibition Catalogue

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The gallery talk was presented by Jennifer Uhrhane and Dr. Joan Marter.

Dr. Joan Marter, PhD

Dr. Joan Marter, PhD, is a professor emerita at Rutgers University, where she taught from 1977 to 2016. Since 2006 Marter has co-edited the Woman’s Art Journal, a forum for feminist approaches to women artists from various art historical periods. Marter has curated many exhibitions, and has written and edited numerous books and articles focusing on American women artists, including Women of Abstract Expressionism (Yale University Press, 2016), the book for the Denver Art Museum’s traveling exhibition of the same name. She has a BA in Visual Arts and Art History (Tyler School of Art, Temple University), and an MA and PhD in Art History (University of Delaware).

Jennifer Uhrhane

Jennifer Uhrhane is Consultant to the Libbie Mark Provincetown Fund. For almost 20 years Uhrhane has held curatorial and registrarial positions in museums and corporate art collections, as well as independent consultancies with private art collectors, artists, and artists’ families regarding art documentation, collections care, and estate planning. She has a BFA in photography (Rhode Island School of Design), a Certificate in Museum Studies and Administration (Tufts University), and an MA in Art History (Boston University).

Checklist

Art of the Abstract Mark: Libbie Mark’s Collage Paintings and Other Works, 1950s–1960s

January 18–February 25, 2022

Presented by the Libbie Mark Provincetown Fund at the National Arts Club

All works loaned courtesy Libbie Mark Provincetown Fund unless indicated otherwise.

  1. Collage Painting #7, 1962 
Acrylic polymer latex and paper collage on paper, varnished and mounted on Masonite
9 3/4 x 8 3/8” 
Inv. no. 11R
  2. Collage Painting #23, 1962 
Acrylic polymer latex, paper, string, and other mixed media collage on paper, varnished and mounted on Masonite 
11 7/8 x 17 7/8” 
Inv. no. 34JM
  3. For Lisa, 1964 
Acrylic on watercolor paper 
20 x 16” 
Inv. no. 17R
  4. Untitled, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on linen 
44 x 36 1/4” 
Inv. no. 21R
  5. Collage Painting #67-5, 1967 
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
40 x 30” 
Inv. no. 03R
  6. Untitled, 1957 
Oil on linen 
40 x 39 7/8” 
Inv. no. 50JM
  7. Collage Painting #67-6, 1967 
Acrylic and paper collage on paper, mounted on canvas 
39 7/8 x 30 1/4” 
Inv. no. 13JM
  8. Untitled, 1960s 
Paint and paper collage on canvas
72 1/2 x 48 1/4” 
Inv. no. 04R
  9. Untitled, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on Masonite 17 7/8 x 11 7/8”  
Inv. no. 45JM
  10. Untitled, 1966 
Acrylic and paper collage on Masonite 
24 x 15 7/8” 
Inv. no. 51JM
  11. Collage Painting #26, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on paper, mounted on Masonite 
30 x 22” 
Inv. no. 10M Private Collection
  12. Untitled, 1960s 
Paint and paper collage on canvas
36 x 24”     
Inv. no. 02SM Private Collection
  13. Collage Painting #42, 1962 
Oil and collage on canvas
40 x 26” 
Inv. no. 16J
  14. Collage Painting #40, 1962 
Acrylic polymer latex and paper collage on paper, varnished and mounted on Masonite 
9 5/8 x 16 1/2” 
Inv. no. 20J
  15. Collage Painting #6, 1961 
Acrylic polymer latex and paper collage on paper, mounted on composition board 
18 x 24” 
Inv. no. 47JM
  16. Untitled, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on Masonite 24 x 15 7/8” 
Inv. no. 14JM
  17. Collage Painting #67-4, 1967 
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
30 x 24” 
Inv. no. 05SM Private Collection
  18. Untitled, 1960s 
Paint and paper collage on canvas 
36 x 24”  
Inv. no. 01SM Private Collection
  19. Collage Painting #4 or #5, 1964 
Acrylic and paper collage on Masonite
30 x 24”  
Inv. no. 48JM
  20. Untitled, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
24 x 30”  
Inv. no. 49JM
  21. Untitled, 1957 
Oil on canvas
42 x 42” 
Inv. no. 46JM
  22. Untitled, 1960s
 Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
30 1/8 x 20 1/8” 
Inv. no. 28JM
  23. Untitled, 1960s 
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
40 1/8 x 30” 
Inv. no. 26JM
  24. Collage Painting #37, ca. 1962 
Acrylic polymer latex and paper collage on cardboard, mounted on linen
30 x 24”  
Inv. no. 23R
  25. Untitled, 1958 
Ink and acrylic on watercolor paper 
17 3/4 x 11 3/4” 
Inv. no. 03M Private Collection
  26. Untitled, 1950s 
Acrylic and paper collage on canvas 
23 1/8 x 23 1/8” 
Inv. no. 39JM
  27. For Marcia, 1959 
Acrylic on watercolor paper
13 3/4 x 11 3/4”
Inv. no. 19J
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