Action Painting
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Joan Mitchell: Untitled, 1960. Oil on canvas, 248.9 x 203.8 cm Flick Collection/The Joan Mitchell Foundation and Cheim & Read Gallery, New York -
John M Armleder: Grifola Frondosa, 2006, Mixed media on canvas, 3 x 15 m © Courtesy Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich Photo: Serge Hasenböhler -
Jackson Pollock painting Autumn Rhythm: Number 30, 1950 © 2008, ProLitteris, Zurich Photo: Hans Namuth -
Lynda Benglis © 2008, ProLitteris, Zurich/Courtesy Cheim & Read Gallery, New York -
Jackson Pollock: Number 7, 1950. Oil, enamel and aluminum on canvas, 58,5 x 277,8 cm The Museum of Modern Art, New York © 2008, ProLitteris, Zurich -
Ernst Wilhelm Nay: A picture of Freiburg, 1956 . Oil on canvas, 255 x 655 cm Heritage society of Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Germany © Elisabeth Nay-Scheibler -
Wols: It's all over – The City, 1946/47 . Oil on canvas Photo: P. Hester, Houston © 2008, ProLitteris, Zurich -
Eva Hesse: Untitled, 1961 . Oil on canvas, 169,5 x 215,9 cm © The Estate of Eva Hesse. Hauser & Wirth, Zurich London
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This content was published on February 14, 2008
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