Frank Bowling
Polish Rebecca, 1971
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
277 x 359 cm
109 1/8 x 141 3/8 in
109 1/8 x 141 3/8 in
Exhibitions
'Black Earth Rising', Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Group show; 18 May - 21 September 2025'Frank Bowling: London/ New York', Hauser & Wirth, New York; Solo Show; 5 May – 30 July 2021, reproduced in colour
'Frank Bowling', Tate Britain, London; Solo Show; 31 May – 26 August 2019, reproduced in colour
'Mappa Mundi', Haus der Kunst, Munich; Solo Show; 23 June 2017 - 7 January 2018; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 24 March - 8 July 2018; Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE, 29 September 2018 – 12 January 2019, reproduced in colour
'The Map Paintings 1967–1971', Hales Gallery, London; Solo Show; 13 October - 23 November 2013, reproduced in colour'Frank Bowling: Selected Paintings 1967-77', The Acme Gallery, London; Solo Show; 15 April – 7 May 1977, catalogue no. 4, dimensions as 108 x 132 in
'Frank Bowling', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solo Show; 4 November – 6 December 1971, catalogue no. 2, reproduced in black & white, dimensions as 108 x 132 in
Literature
Kikol, Larissa.‘Frank Bowling’, Kunstforum, Issue 303, June 2025, reproduced on pp. 204 - 213 (colour)Gooding, Mel. Frank Bowling, London 2021, reproduced on p. 75 (colour)
Martin, Courtney J. (ed.). Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art, New York: Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2016, p. 95
Wilson, Simon. 'Frank Bowling: The Artist who Put Abstraction on the Map', RA Magazine, 5 June 2019, reproduced (colour)
Tancock, John. 'Introduction', Frank Bowling, exh. cat., Center for Inter-American Relations, New York, 1973, reproduced (black & white)
Chapin, Louis. 'Map Theme', The Christian Science Monitor, 1 February 1972, p. 8, reproduced on p. 8
Hafif, Marcia. ‘Frank Bowling’, Arts Magazine, vol. 46, no. 3, December 1971 –January 1972, reproduced on p. 58
(black & white), dimensions as 108 x 132 inches