Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sandra Blow, 1925–2006, British
Title:
Red Circle
Date:
1960
Materials & Techniques:
Mixed media on board
Dimensions:
54 x 48 inches (137.2 x 121.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Carl Djerassi in homage to Diane Wood Middlebrook, Yale PhD 1968
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1995.11
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
line | abstract art | circles | red
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Women at Yale (Yale Center for British Art, 2020-04-08 - 2020-08-30)

Art in Focus : St Ives Abstraction (Yale Center for British Art, 2013-04-12 - 2013-09-29)

20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30)
Publications:
Sylviane Gold, In the Abstract, a Coastal Scene Materializes, A Review of 'Art in Focus: St. Ives Abstraction’ at Yale Center for British Art , New York Times, New York, July 14, 2013, Metropolitan Section,p. 9, Yale Internet Resource

St Ives abstraction, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2013, pp. 10-11, 15, 16, V 2475 (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Blow used different media to create a collage effect and began experimenting with color around 1960. After a decade spent creating work in response to her partner Alberto Burri, Blow separated from him in the early 1950s to pursue her art free from his influence. Red Circle, with its vibrant swathe of color and simple geometry, exemplifies the bold visual language that Blow developed on her own. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2021
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1429