International Abstraction after 1945
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Press release
The text related to the exhibition is available here for download.
For more information, please contact:
Achim Klapp, Carolin Stranz, Marte Kräher (on maternity leave)
press@museum-barberini.de
T +49 331 236014-305/308
Press images

Mark Rothko
Untitled (Blue, Yellow, Green on Red), 1954
Oil on canvas
197.5 × 166.4 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
197.5 × 166.4 cm
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Digital image: Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala
Digital image: Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala

Jackson Pollock
Composition No. 16, 1948
Oil on canvas
56,5 × 39,5 cm
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
56,5 × 39,5 cm
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
© Pollock-Krasner Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Judit Reigl
Center of Dominance, 1958
Oil on Canvas
191 x 181 cm
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle. Donation of the artist, 2011
191 x 181 cm
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Musée national d'art moderne / Centre de création industrielle. Donation of the artist, 2011
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image: © bpk / CNAC-MNAM / Georges Meguerditchian
Image: © bpk / CNAC-MNAM / Georges Meguerditchian

Jackson Pollock
Enchanted Forest, 1947
Oil and alkyd enamel paint on canvas
221,3 x 114,6 cm
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)
221,3 x 114,6 cm
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York)
© Pollock-Krasner-Foundation/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York (Photo: David Heald)
Image: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York (Photo: David Heald)

Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Jota, 1959
Oil on canvas
162,8 x 130,2 cm
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève
162,8 x 130,2 cm
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève
© Ernst Wilhelm Nay Stiftung, Köln/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image: Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève. Photographer: Sandra Pointet
Image: Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève. Photographer: Sandra Pointet

Morris Louis
Saf Heh, 1959
Magna on canvas
248 x 352 cm
ASOM Collection
248 x 352 cm
ASOM Collection
© All Rights Reserved. Maryland Institute College of Art/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Lee Krasner
Bald Eagle, 1955
Oil, paper and canvas collage on linen
195,6 x 130,8 cm
ASOM Collection
195,6 x 130,8 cm
ASOM Collection
© Pollock-Krasner Foundation/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022

Janice Biala
Untitled (Still Life with Three Glasses), 1962
Oil and collage on canvas
162,6 x 145,4 cm
Collection Richard and Karen Duffy, Chicago
162,6 x 145,4 cm
Collection Richard and Karen Duffy, Chicago
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image: McCormick Gallery, Chicago
Image: McCormick Gallery, Chicago

Sam Francis
My Shell Angel, 1986
Acrylic on Canvas
308,61 x 428,62 cm
Hasso Plattner Collection
308,61 x 428,62 cm
Hasso Plattner Collection
© Sam Francis Foundation, California/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image: Lutz Bertram
Image: Lutz Bertram

Simon Hantaï
Peinture, 1957
Oil and pigment powder on canvas
88,3 x 80,3 cm
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève
88,3 x 80,3 cm
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Photo: Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève. Fotografin: Sandra Pointet
Photo: Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Genève. Fotografin: Sandra Pointet

Karl Otto Götz
Giverny III/2, 1987
Mixed materials on canvas
210 x 175 cm
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf - Stiftung Sammlung Kemp
210 x 175 cm
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf - Stiftung Sammlung Kemp
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Photo:Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Stefan Arendt - ARTOTHEK
Photo:Kunstpalast - LVR-ZMB - Stefan Arendt - ARTOTHEK

Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)
Composition Champigny, ca. 1951
Mixed materials on canvas
72 x 59 cm
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Sammlung Ströher
72 x 59 cm
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Sammlung Ströher

Mark Rothko
Untitled, 1958
Acrylic and oil on canvas
142,6 x 157,8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
142,6 x 157,8 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc.
© Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Helen Frankenthaler
Blue Bellows, 1976
Acrylic on Canvas
292,7 x 238,8 cm
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York
292,7 x 238,8 cm
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York
© 2022 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022
Photography credit: Rob McKeever, courtesy Gagosian
Photography credit: Rob McKeever, courtesy Gagosian

Mary Abbott
Imrie, 1952
Oil and crayon on canvas
180,3 x 188 cm
Collection of Thomas McCormick and Janis Kanter, Chicago
180,3 x 188 cm
Collection of Thomas McCormick and Janis Kanter, Chicago
© Photograph courtesy McCormick Gallery, Chicago

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker

Exhibition view
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
"The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945“
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Image: David von Becker
Press kit
You can find the press kit for the exhibition here for download.
Press kit The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945 (PDF, 3.84MB)