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Michael (Corinne) West
The Day After - Abstract Oil on Canvas Painting, 1963

1963

$195,000
£147,385.89
€172,396.38
CA$276,883.92
A$281,686.75
CHF 161,861.24
MX$3,387,305.39
NOK 1,889,702.16
SEK 1,901,014.79
DKK 1,288,752.66

About the Item

"The Day After" is an abstract Post War oil on canvas painting by Michael (Corinne) West in 1963. The artwork is 85 1/4 x 50 1/8 inches and is 86 7/8 x 51 5/8 x 2 inches with the frame, weighing less than 50 lbs. It is signed lower right, "Michael West," and inscribed verso, "Michael West Nov. 1963". Michael Corinne West’s story is a significant one. A prolific painter and poet at the forefront of the Abstract Expressionist movement, West is the artist least likely to be acknowledged as standing among the first generation with the core group of male artists. Placed in a confrontational role as one of the few women defying a male-dominated mythology, she shifted to gestural painting in the mid-1940s, often laying the canvases on the floor and working like Jackson Pollock. Her earliest work in black and white predates Franz Kline’s by several years. It included “Black and White” of 1947, which impressed Clement Greenberg, who was never inclined to dish a gratuitous compliment. Despite the changing tides of art and fashion, her devotion to mysticism, inner emotional states, and the subconscious as they relate to Abstract Expressionism continued unfazed and steady. “The Day After,” painted in 1963, is West’s visceral, abstract response to a pivotal moment in American history — the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The overlapping layers of saturated blood-red tones clashing with forceful strokes of black suggest the rupture in the national consciousness and evoke feelings of disruption and confusion, embodying the artist’s internalized grief. West transformed the event into a deeply personal expression of mourning, capturing the weight of a nation’s sorrow in a form that defies literal representation yet speaks volumes emotionally. Provenance: Private Collection, New York Private Collection Heather James Fine Art
  • Creator:
    Michael (Corinne) West (1908-1991, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1963
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 85.25 in (216.54 cm)Width: 50.125 in (127.32 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Palm Desert, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 15147.b1stDibs: LU9315217492

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