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NELL BLAINE Outdoor Studio, Mykonos.
Watercolor on paper, 1959. 275x390 mm; 10 3/4x15 1/4 inches. Signed, dated and titled in ink, lower left recto and titled, dated and inscribed "Outdoor studio by pigeon house Mykonos Greece (July), 1959," in ink, verso.
Ex-collection Zabriskie Gallery, New York.
Blaine (1922-1996) became the youngest member of the American Abstract Artists group in 1944 at the age of 22. Known for creating colorful works in a carefree, lighthearted manner and her strong personality, she thrived in the New York art scene of the 1940s. Toward the end of the decade, she decided to leave the city, which resulted in a period of seclusion. The current lot was created during her stay in Mykonos, where Blaine contracted polio. She returned to New York for treatment and eventually settled in a studio on Riverside Drive.
