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Spring

Buffie Johnson

Artwork Details

Spring
1950-1958
Buffie Johnson
oil on canvas
41 in. x 5 ft. 1 1/4 in. x 1 5/8 in. (104.14 x 155.57 x 4.13 cm);40 7/8 in. x 5 ft. 1 3/8 in. x 1 3/4 in. (103.82 x 155.89 x 4.45 cm)
Gift of an Anonymous Donor
1958/2.63

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Description

Subject Matter:

Spring is an abstract painting with expressive swaths of color. The artist Buffie Johnson moved to East Hampton in 1950 and tried to join the Abstract Expressionists. Because of their general disinclination to include women, she struggled to be viewed as an equal. By the end of the decade she was commissioned to complete more than 200 panels of murals for the Astor Theater which was one of her most memorable pieces of work.   

Physical Description:

An abstract painting with red, yellow, and black overlapping patches.

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