Contemporary Day Auction

Contemporary Day Auction

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Faith Ringgold

Tar Beach 2

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May 16, 02:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Bid

130,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Faith Ringgold

1930-2024


Tar Beach 2

signed, titled, dated 1990-1992 and numbered AP 2/7 (on the reverse)

screenprint on stitched and printed cotton

66 by 66 in.

167.6 by 167.6 cm.

Executed in 1990-1992, this work is artist proof 2 of 7 from an edition of 24 unique variants plus 7 artist proofs.

ACA Galleries, London

Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

Private Collection, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Jasmine Weber, "Faith Ringgold Paved the Way," Hyperallergic, 28 April 2024, illustrated in color (online)

Vittoria Benzine, "Remembering Faith Ringgold and Her Rich Tapestry of the Black Experience," Artnet News, 15 April 2024, illustrated in color (online)

University of California San Diego, Grove Gallery, Faith Ringgold: Celebrating Cultural Diversity in American Theatre, September - November 1990 (another example exhibited)

New York, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery; Mobile, Fine Arts Museum of the South; Escondido, Felicita Foundation for the Arts; Trenton State College, Holman Hall Art Gallery; Manitowoc, Rahr-West Art Museum; Fargo, North Dakota State University, Memorial Union Art Gallery; Melbourne, Brevard Art Center; Macon, Museum of Arts and Sciences; Newark, University of Delaware Gallery; Pulman, Washington State University Museum of Art; Little Rock, The Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum; Madison, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Phyllis Rothman Gallery; Vero Beach, Center for the Arts; Portsmouth, Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center; Laramie, University of Wyoming Art Museum and Grand Rapids Art Museum,The Definitive American Quilt, December 1990 - January 1994, p. 18, p. 54 and back cover, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Washington, DC, The Textile Museum, Inspirations: Exploring the Art of Faith Ringgold, April - September 1993 (another example exhibited)

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, p. 51, illustrated in color (another examples 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)

London, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Faith Ringgold: Paintings & Story Quilts, 1964-2017, n.p., illustrated in color

Sacramento, Crooker Art Museum, Faith Ringgold: An American Artist, February - May 2018 (another example exhibited)

London, The Arts Club, Let Me Tell You A Story, January - April 2019

New York, Gracie Mansion, She Persists: a Century of Women Artists in New York, 1919-2019, February 2019 (another example exhibited)

Potomac, Glenstone Museum, Faith Ringgold, April - October 2021, p. 31 illustrated in color (in installation) and p. 205, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

New York, New Museum; Fine Art Museums of San Francisco and Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Faith Ringgold: American People, February 2022 - February 2024, p. 169, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

ICA Boston, To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood, October 2022 - February 2023 (another example exhibited)

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 and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, February 2024 - January 2025, pp. 96-97, illustrated in color