Skip to content
Back to top Back to Exhibitions«
The Armory Show 2022, Booth 317

September 8 – 11, 2022


1 of 66
Charles Alston (1907-1977) The Conductor, 1941 gou...
Charles Alston (1907-1977)
The Conductor, 1941
gouache with casein on paper
20 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches / 53 x 37.5 cm
signed
Benny Andrews (1930–2006) Liberty #6 (Study...

Benny Andrews (1930–2006)
Liberty #6 (Study for Trash), 1971
oil on canvas with painted fabric collage
78 x 39 3/4 x 1/4 inches / 198.1 x 101 x 0.6 cm
signed

Robert Arneson (1930-1992) Laffin George (Laughing...

Robert Arneson (1930-1992)
Laffin George (Laughing George), 1976
glazed earthenware and marbles
70 1/2 x 23 x 23 inches / 179.1 x 58.4 x 58.4 cm
signed

Hannelore Baron (1926-1987) Untitled (B81035), 198...
Hannelore Baron (1926-1987)
Untitled (B81035), 1981
box assemblage of wood, nails, fabric, ink, paper and monoprint
9 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches / 22.9 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm
signed
Hannelore Baron (1926-1987) Untitled (B82026), 198...
Hannelore Baron (1926-1987)
Untitled (B82026), 1982
box assemblage of wood, glass, paint, fabric, ink, and paper
10 x 6 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches / 25.4 x 16.5 x 4.4 cm
signed
Richmond Barthé (1901-1989) Black Madonna,...
Richmond Barthé (1901-1989)
Black Madonna, 1961
bronze
13 x 8 1/2 x 9 inches / 33 x 21.6 x 22.9 cm
21 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches / 54.6 x 24.8 x 22.2 cm with base
signed
Mary Bauermeister (b.1934) Needless Needles, 1972...
Mary Bauermeister (b.1934)
Needless Needles, 1972
ink, lithograph, watercolor, colored pencil, glass, glass lens and painted wood construction
16 x 19 x 4 7/8 inches / 40.6 x 48.3 x 12.4 cm
William Baziotes (1912-1963) Autumn, 1954 oil and...

William Baziotes (1912-1963)
Autumn, 1954
oil and crayon on canvas
18 x 14 inches / 45.7 x 35.6 cm
signed

Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Blue Shade, 1972 collag...
Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Blue Shade, 1972
collage of various papers and fabric on Masonite
9 1/2 x 14 inches / 24.1 x 35.6 cm
signed
Romare Bearden (1911-1988) Untitled, 1973 collage...
Romare Bearden (1911-1988)
Untitled, 1973
collage of various papers on Masonite
10 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches / 27.3 x 20 cm
signed
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) Untitled (Bush), c.1965...
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)
Untitled (Bush), c.1965
bronze with patina
11 1/4 x 11 x 11 inches / 28.6 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978) Untitled (Straw), c.1964...
Harry Bertoia (1915-1978)
Untitled (Straw), c.1964
melt-coated bronze over steel
17 1/4 x 19 x 7 inches / 43.8 x 48.3 x 17.8 cm
John Biggers (1924-2001) Freedom March, 1952 terra...
John Biggers (1924-2001)
Freedom March, 1952
terracotta
20 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 12 inches / 52.1 x 19.1 x 30.5 cm
John Biggers (1924-2001) Ma Biggers Quilting, 1964...
John Biggers (1924-2001)
Ma Biggers Quilting, 1964
Conté crayon and graphite on illustration board
39 x 29 inches / 99.1 x 73.7 cm
38 1/2 x 28 3/8 inches / 97.8 x 72.1 cm sight size
signed
James Brooks (1906-1992) R-1951, 1951 oil on canva...
James Brooks (1906-1992)
R-1951, 1951
oil on canvas
18 x 22 inches / 45.7 x 55.9 cm
signed
Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989) Untitled, 1958 oil on...
Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989)
Untitled, 1958
oil on canvas
28 1/4 x 24 inches / 71.8 x 61 cm
signed
Ed Clark (1926-2019) Untitled, c.1985 acrylic on c...
Ed Clark (1926-2019)
Untitled, c.1985
acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches / 50.5 x 61 cm
signed
Robert Colescott (1925–2009) Shakespeare'...

Robert Colescott (1925–2009)
Shakespeare's Africans (Suicide, Tragedy), 1994
acrylic and Liquitex gel on canvas
84 x 72 inches / 213.4 x 182.9 cm
signed

Joseph Cornell (1903–1972) Flemish Princess,...

Joseph Cornell (1903–1972)
Flemish Princess, c.1950
wood and glass box construction with wood, cork and printed paper collage
17 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches / 44.1 x 26 x 6.7 cm
signed

Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) Untitled (Grand Hotel d...
Joseph Cornell (1903-1972)
Untitled (Grand Hotel des Voyageurs), c.1956
wood box construction with printed paper collage, sand, metal and found objects in glass
18 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches / 46.7 x 26.4 x 9.5 cm
signed
Harold Cousins (1916-1992) La Voix, 1955 welded ir...
Harold Cousins (1916-1992)
La Voix, 1955
welded iron with wood base
22 1/8 x 6 3/8 x 6 5/8 inches / 56.2 x 16.2 x 16.8 cm
22 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 7 inches / 57.1 x 16.5 x 17.8 cm with base
signed
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) Untitled (Yellow Ligh...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
Untitled (Yellow Light Swirling), c.1962
oil on canvas
57 1/2 x 44 7/8 inches / 146.1 x 114 cm
signed
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) Untitled (Portrait of...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
Untitled (Portrait of a Man), c.1965
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 21 3/8 inches / 65.1 x 54.3 cm
estate stamp
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) Untitled, c.1962 oil...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
Untitled, c.1962
oil on canvas
18 x 15 inches / 45.7 x 38.1 cm
signed
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979) Untitled (All the Rac...
Beauford Delaney (1901-1979)
Untitled (All the Races), c.1970
oil on canvas
21 3/8 x 25 5/8 inches / 54.3 x 65.1 cm
signed
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997) Architecture Organi...
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997)
Architecture Organique, 1951
steel and lead
18 1/2 x 15 1/4 x 14 inches / 47 x 38.7 x 35.6 cm
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997) Untitled, c.1968 ep...
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997)
Untitled, c.1968
epoxy, polyester, oil and metallic paint on canvas
20 x 16 inches / 50.8 x 40.6 cm
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997) Untitled (Fusion),...
Claire Falkenstein (1908-1997)
Untitled (Fusion), c.1970
copper and glass
15 3/4 x 11 x 9 1/2 inches / 40 x 27.9 x 24.1 cm
John Ferren (1905-1970) Untitled, 1935 oil on canv...
John Ferren (1905-1970)
Untitled, 1935
oil on canvas
18 1/4 x 15 inches / 46.4 x 38.1 cm
signed
Albert E. Gallatin (1881-1952) Untitled, 1939 oil...
Albert E. Gallatin (1881-1952)
Untitled, 1939
oil on Masonite
15 1/8 x 20 1/4 inches / 38.4 x 51.4 cm
signed
Sam Gilliam (1933-2022) Untitled, c.1970 watercolo...
Sam Gilliam (1933-2022)
Untitled, c.1970
watercolor on paper
22 x 34 inches / 55.9 x 86.4 cm
signed
Michael Goldberg (1924-2007) Untitled, c.1957 oil...
Michael Goldberg (1924-2007)
Untitled, c.1957
oil on paper
11 x 14 inches / 27.9 x 35.6 cm
signed
Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974) Chimera, 1946 oil on c...
Adolph Gottlieb (1903-1974)
Chimera, 1946
oil on canvas
20 x 24 inches / 50.8 x 61 cm
signed
Nancy Grossman (b.1940) Walrus, 1965 leather, fabr...
Nancy Grossman (b.1940)
Walrus, 1965
leather, fabric, bristle and rubber assemblage mounted on wood
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 2 5/8 inches / 62.2 x 62.2 x 6.7 cm
signed
Nancy Grossman (b.1940) G.I.O., 1969 leather, wood...

Nancy Grossman (b.1940)
G.I.O., 1969
leather, wood, paint, epoxy, horn and metal hardware
17 1/4 x 11 x 7 1/4 inches / 43.8 x 27.9 x 18.4 cm
signed

William H. Johnson (1901-1970) Breakdown, c.1940-4...
William H. Johnson (1901-1970)
Breakdown, c.1940-41
pochoir with hand additions on paper
14 x 17 7/8 inches / 35.6 x 45.4 cm
William H. Johnson (1901-1970) Playmates, c.1941 t...
William H. Johnson (1901-1970)
Playmates, c.1941
tempera on paper
15 x 12 3/4 inches / 38.1 x 32.4 cm
signed
Raymond Jonson (1891-1982) Variations on a Rhythm-...
Raymond Jonson (1891-1982)
Variations on a Rhythm-C, 1931
oil on canvas
33 x 29 inches / 83.8 x 73.7 cm
signed
Lee Krasner (1908-1984) Water No. 2, 1968 gouache...
Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
Water No. 2, 1968
gouache on Douglas Howell paper
18 x 22 inches / 45.7 x 55.9 cm
signed
Yayoi Kusama (b.1929) Dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud,...
Yayoi Kusama (b.1929)
Dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud, 1988
mixed media assemblage with sewn and stuffed fabric, mesh, silver spray paint and wood box wrapped with synthetic netting
13 x 9 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches / 33 x 24.4 x 14.6 cm
signed
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) Christmas in Harlem, 19...
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000)
Christmas in Harlem, 1937
tempera on paper
16 x 13 inches / 40.6 x 33 cm
13 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches / 34.9 x 23.8 cm sight size
signed
Norman Lewis (1909-1979) Pink Boogie, c.1975 oil o...
Norman Lewis (1909-1979)
Pink Boogie, c.1975
oil on canvas
49 3/4 x 67 1/8 inches / 126.4 x 170.5 cm
signed
Norman Lewis (1909-1979) Figures, 1951 oil and ink...
Norman Lewis (1909-1979)
Figures, 1951
oil and ink on gessoed panel
24 x 20 inches / 61 x 50.8 cm
signed
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000) The Survival (L-4-5...
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000)
The Survival (L-4-57), 1957
oil and canvas collage on canvas
52 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches / 132.7 x 117.5 cm
signed
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000) Untitled, c.1958 oi...
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000)
Untitled, c.1958
oil and graphite on canvas collage
16 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches / 42.9 x 41.6 cm
signed
George L.K. Morris (1905-1975) Untitled, 1938 oil...
George L.K. Morris (1905-1975)
Untitled, 1938
oil on Masonite
18 x 20 inches / 45.7 x 50.8 cm
signed
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) Rain Garden VI, 1978 p...
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
Rain Garden VI, 1978
painted wood construction
48 x 39 x 7 inches / 121.9 x 99.1 x 17.8 cm
Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990) Helix, 1968 congregati...
Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990)
Helix, 1968
congregation of mixed media on panel with frame
37 1/4 x 31 7/8 x 17 inches / 94.6 x 81 x 43.2 cm
Agnes Pelton (1881–1961) Untitled, c.1942, o...

Agnes Pelton (1881–1961)
Untitled, c.1942, oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches / 50.5 x 70.6 cm

Faith Ringgold (b.1930) Freedom Flag #1: On Tuesda...
Faith Ringgold (b.1930)
Freedom Flag #1: On Tuesday Morning, 2001
acrylic and colored pencil on paper
8 1/2 x 10 inches / 21.6 x 25.4 cm
signed
Charles G. Shaw (1892-1974) Untitled, 1941 oil on...
Charles G. Shaw (1892-1974)
Untitled, 1941
oil on canvasboard
16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 30.5 cm
signed
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) Anges Mordus (Driven...
Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012)
Anges Mordus (Driven Angels), 1962
oil on linen
45 5/8 x 35 inches / 115.9 x 88.9 cm
signed
Alma Thomas (1891-1978) Untitled, c.1960 oil on ca...
Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
Untitled, c.1960
oil on canvas
24 x 30 inches / 61 x 76.2 cm
signed
Bob Thompson (1937-1966) The Nativity, 1963 oil on...
Bob Thompson (1937-1966)
The Nativity, 1963
oil on canvas
84 1/2 x 60 inches / 214.6 x 152.4 cm
signed
Bob Thompson (1937-1966) Quai d'Orsay, Place d...
Bob Thompson (1937-1966)
Quai d'Orsay, Place de la Concorde, c.1963
pastel on paper
21 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches / 53.7 x 36.8 cm
estate stamp
Bob Thompson (1937-1966) Kaleidoscope, 1964 oil on...
Bob Thompson (1937-1966)
Kaleidoscope, 1964
oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 30.5 cm
signed
Mark Tobey (1890-1976) Untitled, 1969 tempera on p...
Mark Tobey (1890-1976)
Untitled, 1969
tempera on paper
42 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches / 108 x 59.7 cm
signed
Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) Untitled (OC), 1957 oil a...
Jack Tworkov (1900-1982)
Untitled (OC), 1957
oil and charcoal on canvas
24 x 20 inches / 61 x 50.8 cm
signed
Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) M, 1959 oil on canvas...
Esteban Vicente (1903-2001)
M, 1959
oil on canvas
30 x 36 inches / 76.2 x 91.4 cm
signed
Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983) Dance of the Elem...
Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983)
Dance of the Elements No. 1, 1945
oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches / 40.6 x 30.5 cm
signed
Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983) Vajrayana, 1969 o...
Charmion von Wiegand (1896-1983)
Vajrayana, 1969
oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches / 121.9 x 91.4 cm
signed
Stuart Walker (1904-1940) Composition N (1st n.o.)...
Stuart Walker (1904-1940)
Composition N (1st n.o.), 1935
oil on canvas
30 x 24 1/8 inches / 76.2 x 61.3 cm
signed
Charles White (1918-1979) J'Accuse! No.3, 1965...
Charles White (1918-1979)
J'Accuse! No.3, 1965
Wolff crayon and charcoal on paper
33 5/8 x 34 inches / 85.4 x 86.4 cm
30 1/2 x 30 inches / 77.5 x 76.2 cm sight size
signed
William T. Williams (b.1942) Sister Puss, 1968 acr...

William T. Williams (b.1942)
Sister Puss, 1968
acrylic on canvas
109 3/4 x 120 3/4 inches / 278.8 x 306.7 cm
signed 

 
William T. Williams (b.1942) Blue Limes (111 1/2 S...
William T. Williams (b.1942)
Blue Limes (111 1/2 Series), 2017
acrylic on plywood
16 3/4 x 14 1/8 inches / 42.5 x 35.9 cm
signed
Hale Woodruff (1900-1980) Portal 2, c.1968 oil on...
Hale Woodruff (1900-1980)
Portal 2, c.1968
oil on canvas
42 x 32 inches / 106.7 x 81.3 cm
signed


Press Release

Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is pleased to be participating in The Armory Show 2022 with a group exhibition encapsulating the gallery’s exciting and diverse program. Featuring an interdisciplinary selection of works dating from the interwar period through the present, our presentation offers a showcase of artists and movements central to the history of American art in the 20th and 21st centuries. The focus of the presentation is a wall-sized masterpiece by gallery artist William T. Williams (b.1942), Sister Puss (1968), which correlates to the artist’s solo exhibition at the gallery’s 19th Street space, William T. Williams: Tension to the Edge (September 8–November 5, 2022). Additional highlights include standout works by Benny Andrews (1930–2006), Robert Colescott (1925–2009), Joseph Cornell (1903–1972), and Agnes Pelton (1881–1961).

Williams’ Sister Puss (titled after a family member’s nickname that references the fairytale character Puss in Boots) belongs to a body of work that constitutes the genesis of the artist’s “diamond-in-a-box” motif, which became a formal and thematic continuum in his oeuvre. Williams has referred to this form as a “stabilizing force” that structures the chaos he sought to convey within these works as a reflection of the tumultuous conditions of the era. Such works embody “place as a specific type of poetry,” in Williams’ words, offering a composite of experiences and memories both personal and collective.

Williams’ historic painting will be complemented by a range of masterworks by artists consistently featured in gallery programming, including a standout collage painting from the same period by Benny Andrews. Liberty #6 (Study for Trash) (1971) is one of several finished paintings the artist referred to as a “study” for his monumental, multi-panel work Trash, also executed in 1971 and now in the collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Trash is the second work in Andrews’ Bicentennial Series (1969–1976), a cycle of six monumental paintings that convey, as the artist stated, “a Black artist’s expression of …his dreams, experiences, and hopes along with the despair, anger, and depression [felt in response] to so many other Americans’ actions.”

Carrying the torch of 20th-century figurative expressionism with a clear political message is Robert Colescott’s 1994 painting, Shakespeare's Africans (Suicide, Tragedy). Working in a distinct style characterized by cartoonish figuration, gestural brushwork, and dissonant color, Colescott’s satirical paintings contain razor-sharp critiques of American life and the Western cultural canon, often addressing the intertwined themes of race, sex, and class. Here the artist skewers the racism embedded in the Bard’s portrayal of Black figures through two of his best-known characters of African descent, Othello and Cleopatra, both of whom are fated to die by suicide in his plays.

A theatrical reimagining of a major artifact of European culture is also the basis for another highlight of the presentation, Joseph Cornell’s box construction Flemish Princess (c.1950). The diorama is exemplary of the artist’s surrealist assemblages, which juxtapose an array of symbolically loaded objects in arrangements that reflect his myriad interests, from astronomy and space exploration to ballet and opera. In Flemish Princess, Cornell positions printed reproductions of a Renaissance painting, Early Netherlandish painter Jean Hey’s portrait Suzanne de Bourbon (c.1492–93), behind wooden spheres resembling a child’s toy; the contents of the box are drenched in sepia tones, heightening the sense of nostalgia for past ages, both personal (i.e., childhood) and historical.

Finally, rounding out the gallery’s presentation is a rare example of Transcendental Painting Group artist Agnes Pelton’s abstract landscapes; these metaphysical compositions express the spiritual life of the natural world through the artist’s signature language of rhythmic forms, brilliant colors, and radiant light. Untitled (c.1942) was inspired by the stark yet elegant vista of the California desert (where Pelton lived and worked for nearly thirty years), particularly the purple form in the left half of the composition, which resembles a seed pod of the Japanese magnolia tree. Though not strictly religious, the artist practiced meditation and was deeply inspired by Agni Yoga, Buddhism, Theosophy, and the theories of Carl Jung, absorbing their teachings into her visionary painting practice.

The works discussed above are merely a sampling from the expansive checklist of works available at Booth 317. Here follows a complete list of the artists included in the gallery’s presentation: 

Charles Alston, Benny Andrews, Robert Arneson, Hannelore Baron, Richmond Barthé, Mary Bauermeister, William Baziotes, Romare Bearden, Harry Bertoia, John Biggers, Giorgio Cavallon, Ed Clark, Robert Colescott, Joseph Cornell, Harold Cousins, Beauford Delaney, Claire Falkenstein, John Ferren, Albert E. Gallatin, Sam Gilliam, Michael Goldberg, Adolph Gottlieb, Nancy Grossman, William H. Johnson, Raymond Jonson, Lee Krasner, Yayoi Kusama, Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, Conrad Marca-Relli, George L.K. Morris, Louise Nevelson, Alfonso Ossorio, Agnes Pelton, Faith Ringgold, Charles G. Shaw, Dorothea Tanning, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, Mark Tobey, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente, Charmion von Wiegand, Stuart Walker, Charles White, William T. Williams, and Hale Woodruff.

Preview (Invitation Only)
Thursday, September 8, 12–8PM

Fair Hours
Friday, September 9, 12–8PM
Saturday, September 10, 12–7PM
Sunday, September 11, 12–6PM

Visit Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in Booth 317.