Gouache #219: The Shrine of Mirror Like Wisdom

Artist Charmion von Wiegand (American, 1896 - 1983)

Date1963-64

MediumGouache, chalk, and collage on paper

DimensionsFramed: H 27 x W 22 5/8 in. (H 68.6 x W 57.5 cm)
Image: H 17 1/4 x W 13 1/4 in. (H 43.8 x W 33.7 cm)
Sheet: H 18 5/8 x W 14 1/2 in. (H 47.3 x W 36.8 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 2012 Alberto Burri Memorial Fund established by Stanley J. Seeger

Object number2012.19

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Primary Title Gouache #219: The Shrine of Mirror Like Wisdom

Inscriptionssigned lower right: "Charmion von Wiegand"; titled and dated lower left: #219 3/26/64 titled, inscribed, signed and dated verso: The Shrine of Mirror Like Wisdom Gouache #219 / Night in Nepal (crossed out) / gouache and collage / Charmion von Wiegand / March 26-27 1964 / Sept 1963 and Completed March 26-27 1964 ProvenanceCharmion von Wiegand, New York, NY; Estate of Charmion von Wiegand, New York, NY; Collection of Khyongla Rato, South Orange, NJ; Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY Exhibition HistoryWillard Gallery, New York, New York (exhibition unknown) ; Howard Wise Gallery, New York, NY (exhibition unknown); Museum of Modern Art (loan 64.868, Wise Gallery), New York, NY; Charmion von Wiegand: Her Art and Life, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida, February 18 - March 28, 1982; Marilyn Pearl Gallery, New York, NY (exhibition unknown); Charmion von Wiegand: Spirituality in Abstraction, 1945 - 1969, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY, September 7 - October 28, 2000; Charmion von Wiegand: Offering Universe, An Artist's Path from Mondrian to Mantra, Michael Rosenfeld Galley LLC, New York, NY, March 15 - May 12, 2007

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