Alice Neel: Drawings and Watercolors 1927-1978
David Zwirner is pleased to present an exhibition of drawings and watercolors by Alice Neel (1900–1984). On view at 537 West 20th Street in New York, the works are selected from throughout her career and span five decades. A fully illustrated catalogue by David Zwirner Books, featuring essays by the independent curator and writer Jeremy Lewison and the award-winning novelist Claire Messud, is published to coincide with the show.
Drawing was a fundamental, stand-alone component of Neel's practice, persistently pursued alongside painting, for which she is primarily known. As a medium, it enabled her to capture the immediacy of her visual experience–whether in front of her sitters or on the city streets–while also affording her a greater sense of experimentation and informality. As an exercise, it frequently made its way into her canvases in the form of outlines and delicately sketched backgrounds.
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Location
Dates
February 19—April 18, 2015
Artist
Alice Neel
Richard, 1971
Ink and gouache on paper
27 1/4 x 19 3/4 inches (69.2 x 50.2 cm)
Alice Neel
The Grandchild, 1927
Watercolor on paper
10 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (26 x 21.3 cm)
Alice Neel
Carlos, c. 1927
Watercolor on paper
12 x 7 1/4 inches (30.5 x 18.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Evening in Riverside Park, 1927
Watercolor on paper
9 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (23.8 x 29.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Bathing in a Furnished Room, 1927
Watercolor and pastel on paper
12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Beach at Belmar, New Jersey, 1928
Watercolor on paper
9 7/8 x 15 inches (25.1 x 38.1 cm)
Alice Neel
The Intellectual, 1929
Watercolor on paper
10 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (27.3 x 37.5 cm)
Alice Neel
The Stenographer, 1930
Pencil on paper
11 7/8 x 9 inches (30.2 x 22.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Albert and Nellie, 1928
Watercolor on paper
11 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (29.5 x 22.5 cm)
Alice Neel
Men from Bleecker Street, 1933
Pencil on paper
14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Mother and Daughters, 1927
Watercolor on paper
11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Kenneth Doolittle, 1931
Watercolor and pencil on paper
14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Alienation, 1935
Watercolor and graphite on paper
10 1/2 x 9 inches (26.7 x 22.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Untitled (Alice Neel and John Rothschild in the Bathroom), 1935
Watercolor and graphite on paper
11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (30.2 x 22.5 cm)
Alice Neel
José, 1936
Pencil on brown paper
12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (32.4 x 27.3 cm)
Alice Neel
Kenneth Doolittle (seated), 1933
Pencil on paper
12 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (31.4 x 23.8 cm)
Alice Neel
Christopher Lazare, 1932
Watercolor and collage on paper
12 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (31.4 x 23.5 cm)
Alice Neel
Alice and José, 1938
Pastel on paper
11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.8 x 22.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Alice and José, 1936
Watercolor on paper
12 x 8 7/8 inches (30.5 x 22.5 cm)
Alice Neel
Woman on a Train, ca. 1940
Watercolor on paper
9 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (24.8 x 24.8 cm)
Alice Neel
Woman, 1936
Watercolor, pencil, and charcoal on paper
15 x 10 inches (38.1 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Sleeping Boy, 1936
Pencil on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Support the Union, 1937
Color crayon on paper
8 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (22.5 x 29.8 cm)
Alice Neel
llustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (Karamazov, His Three Sons and the Servant Gregory), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (The Death of Father Zossima), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (Grushenka and Mitya at the Drunken Party), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (The Doctor’s Visit to Ilyusha), c. 1938
Ink on paper
14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (The Suicide of Smerdyakov), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (Katerina’s Testimony), c. 1938
Ink on paper
14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (Ivan), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Illustrations to The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Untitled (Ivan’s Dream), c. 1938
Ink on paper
8 works, each 14 1/4 x 10 inches (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Spanish Mother and Child, 194213 x 8 inches 33 x 20.3 cm
Ink on paper
13 x 8 inches (33 x 20.3 cm)
Alice Neel
Hartley, 1943
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (21.6 x 14 cm)
Alice Neel
Richard, 1943
Ink on paper
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (21.6 x 14 cm)
Alice Neel
Georgie, 1950
Ink on paper
11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (29.2 x 21.6 cm)
Alice Neel
Two Girls in Spanish Harlem (Carmen and Hilda), 1941
Watercolor on paper
20 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches (53 x 39.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Sam, 1941
Pencil on paper
5 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (13.3 x 14.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Untitled (Bowery), 1936
Ink on paper
10 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (27.6 x 34.9 cm)
Alice Neel
A Quiet Summer's Day, c. 1963
Ink and gouache on paper
13 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches (34.9 x 27.6 cm)
Alice Neel
City Hospital, 1954
Ink and gouache on paper
29 3/8 x 22 inches (74.6 x 55.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Sam, 1958
Ink on paper
13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Alice Neel
Sam, 1958
Ink on paper
13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Alice Neel
Richard, 1959
Ink and gouache on paper
29 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (74.9 x 56.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Sam, 1958
Ink on paper
29 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches (74.6 x 56.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Self-Portrait Skull, 1958
Ink on paper
11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.8 x 22.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Aaron Kramer, 1958
Ink on paper
13 7/8 x 11 inches (35.2 x 27.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Death of Mother Bloor, 1951
Pencil on paper
9 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (24.8 x 34 cm)
Alice Neel
John Reclining, 1967
Ink on paper
10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (26.4 x 34.6 cm)
Alice Neel
Olivia and Elizabeth, 1978
Ink on paper
29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Alice Neel
Hartley and Ginny, 1970
Acrylic on cardboard
28 1/4 x 22 inches (71.8 x 55.9 cm)
Alice Neel
Hartley and Ginny, 1970
Ink and pencil on paper
28 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches (72.1 x 56.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Ginny, 1975
Gouache on paper
39 3/4 x 25 inches (101 x 63.5 cm)
Alice Neel
The Family, 1978
Pencil on paper
17 x 13 7/8 inches (43.2 x 35.2 cm)
Framed: 24 1/4 x 21 x 1 3/8 inches (61.6 x 53.3 cm)
Alice Neel
Stephen Brown, 1973
Pen and ink on paper
30 x 22 3/8 inches (76.2 x 56.8 cm)
Alice Neel
Mary Garrard, 1977
Ink and pencil on paper
30 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (76.5 x 57.2 cm)
Alice Neel
Ginny, 1977
Colored ink on paper
14 x 16 7/8 inches (35.6 x 42.9 cm)