THE ART OF TOMORROW
Rudolf Bauer Hilla Rebay Irene Rice Pereira Rolph Scarlett
ESSAY FROM STEVEN LOWY Art history has the power to self-correct. Subsequent generations of curators, dealers, and collectors have the benefit of a vantage point that is neither influenced nor obscured by the gossip, drama and power struggles that may have surrounded an artwork (or movement) in its time. If the recent acceleration in the number of exhibitions of work by Rudolf Bauer, Wassily Kandinsky and The Art of Tomorrow is any indication, then we are bearing witness to just such a correction today. The first public exhibition in New York City of the Solomon Guggenheim Collection of The Art of Tomorrow was in 1939 at what was then called the Museum of Non-Objective Painting. This year, 2014, we mark the 75th Anniversary of that opening. There have been exhibitions at the German Consulate and at Sotheby’s New York. PBS aired Betrayal a documentary about Bauer and an Off-Broadway play about Bauer and Rebay with often passionate characters also marked the event. Portico New York rounds out this commemorative year with a group exhibition of four of the Artists of Tomorrow: Rudolf Bauer, Hilla Rebay, Rolph Scarlett and Irene Rice Pereira. Hilla Rebay, Solomon Guggenheim’s art advisor and the founding director of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (now the SR Guggenheim Museum), was a brilliant collage artist, a wonderful watercolorist and a very good painter. She gave name to the Art of Tomorrow movement, devoting her life to promoting it at the expense of her own artistic output. While accused at the time of being overzealous in her promotion of a form of art that for her was a spiritual pursuit, her single-minded focus and belief in non-objective art helped create the momentum for what is now a Guggenheim empire of four major museums with a global reach. After Bauer and Kandinsky, Canadian born artist Rolph Scarlett was the third most collected artist by Solomon Guggenheim. No fewer than sixty works by Scarlett were in the Founding Collection when Solomon died. A prolific artist who lived a long and productive life, Rebay and Bauer considered him a friend, an equal and their greatest discovery. Major paintings by the artist currently hang in the LA County Museum and the de Young Museum in San Francisco. I. Rice Pereira, who signed her name using her first initial to hide the fact that she was a woman, was another Rebay discovery. Pereira was a mystic, an ardent Modernist and a student of both Moholy-Nagy and Hans Hofmann. She worked simultaneously on abstract paintings and lyrical mythological works on paper, all of which exhibit a breadth of spirit and vision that place her firmly in the pantheon of great American Modernists. One of the few women given a retrospective exhibition at the Whitney in the 1950s, her work graces many museum collections including the Guggenheim, MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We invite you to come to Soho to rediscover the “Art of Tomorrow.”
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Study for Triptych III Allegro), ca. 1931 Pastel on paper, 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. Unsigned
RUDOLF BAUER
Komposition, ca. 1940 Gouache & watercolor on paper, 18 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches | 46.4 x 29.2 cm Signed verso Louise Bauer Parry w/ estate stamp
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Red Circle), ca.1925 Mixed media & collage on paper 19 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches Signed verso Louise Bauer Parry w/ estate stamp
Centennial Exhibition September 1989–June 1990 Fiorella Urbinati Gallery, Los Angeles Portico New York Inc., New York The Struve Gallery, Chicago The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia
Art of Tomorrow Hilla Rebay and Solomon Guggenheim May 2005–July 2006 Guggenheim Museum, New York Museum Villa Stuck, Munich Schlossmuseum, Murnau Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Barking poodle), 1920 Mixed media on paper, 17 1/4 X 12 3/4 inches Signed lower center
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Birdface), 1924 Pastel on paper 23 1/4 X 18 1/8 inches Signed verso Louise Bauer Parry
Centennial Exhibition September 1989–June 1990 Fiorella Urbinati Gallery, Los Angeles Portico New York Inc., New York The Struve Gallery, Chicago
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled, 1925 Ink & pencil on paper, 18 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches Signed verso Louise Bauer Parry
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RUDOLF BAUER
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Untitled (Non-Objective Face), ca. 1914-17 Ink on paper, 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches Signed lower right Provenance: The Estate of Rudolf Bauer
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Fashion couple), n.d. Pastel on paper 22 3/4 X 16 inches Signed lower left
Centennial Exhibition September 1989–June 1990 Fiorella Urbinati Gallery, Los Angeles Portico New York Inc., New York The Struve Gallery, Chicago
RUDOLF BAUER
Die Gelben Str端mpfe, ca. 1910 Pastel and charcoal on Ingres paper 24 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches signed lower left
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (New Year’s Eve), 1915-25 Gouache & ink on paper 14 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches Estate stamp on verso, signed lower right
Art of Tomorrow Hilla Rebay and Solomon Guggenheim May 2005–July 2006 Guggenheim Museum, New York
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Waiting - 280), N.D. Ink & gouache on paper, 17 x 12 1/2 in. (43.2 x 31.8 cm) Lower Left
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-1939 Blue pencil on paper, 7 x 7 in Initialed “B”lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Graphite on paper, 7 x 7 5/8 inches Initialed “B”
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca.1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 7 x 7 7/8 inches Initialed lower right
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 7 x 7 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 x 7 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 7 x 7 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches Initialed lower right
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches Initialed lower right Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 7 x 3 5/8 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 6 x 7 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 7 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches Initialed lower right
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Blue pencil on paper, 7 x 7 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled (Circles, Triangles, Rectangles) Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled (Circles & Triangles) Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches Initialed lower right Untitled (Circles, Triangles, & Rectangles) Prison Drawing, ca.1938-38 Pencil on paper, 7 x 7 1/2 inches Initialed lower right
RUDOLF BAUER
Untitled (Circles, Triangles, Rectangles) Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Initialed lower right
Untitled (Circles, Triangles, Rectangles) Prison Drawing, ca. 1938-39 Pencil on paper, 8 1/4 x 7 inches Signed lower right
Untitled (Circles, Triangles, Rectangles) Prison Drawing, ca.1938-39 Pencil on paper, 6 3/4 x 7 inches Signed lower right
RUDOLF BAUER
Top: Rudolf Bauer with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (innovator of the Futurist Movement)
RUDOLF BAUER
Bauer and Guggenheim
RUDOLF BAUER
Bauer Marinetti Exhibition
Bauer at the zoo
RUDOLF BAUER
HILLA REBAY
Vivace, c.1954-60 Oil on Canvas, 81 x 69 Lower Right Provenance: The Estate of Hilla Rebay
HILLA REBAY
Yellow Accent, c.1958 Oil on canvas, 81 x 61 inches Provenance: The Estate of Hilla Rebay
HILLA REBAY
7.2194 in
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Untitled (N. 30), 1948 Oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches
HILLA REBAY
Subtlety (594), ca.1927-40 Mixed media, 14 X 10 1/2 Inches signed Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
HILLA REBAY
Yellow - Blue, 1948 Gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper, 10 x 10 3/4 inches Signed on right Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
HILLA REBAY
Pizzicato Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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HILLA REBAY
Untitled, ca. 1927-35 Mixed media and collage on paper, 13 1/4 X 10 Inches Signed lower right Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
HILLA REBAY
Portrait of Rudolf Bauer, 1919-21 Pencil on paper, 11 x 8 3/4 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Estate of Hilla Rebay
HILLA REBAY
Untitled (693-Woman in red hat), N.D. Collage, 17 1/2 X 13 1/4 Inches Signed lower right Provenance: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Seven Red Squares, 1951 Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches Signed lower right
Loren MacIver & Irene Rice Pereira, 1953 Whitney Museum of American Art
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Transforming Night, 1952 Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches Signed lower right, titled and signed on verso
Loren MacIver & Irene Rice Pereira, 1953 Whitney Museum of American Art
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Untitled (Rug design in yellow), n.d. Mixed media on paper, 30 x 40 inches Signed lower right
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Untitled Study, c.1953 Tempera on paper, 22 9/16 x 17 3/4 inches Signed lower right
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Untitled (Feb 16, 1966), 1966 Mixed media on paper, 36 x 24 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower right
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Exchange of Radiation, 1967 Mixed media on paper, 36 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Signed lower right
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Untitled (Blue Magician), 3/2/1950 Watercolor and mixed media on paper, 23.75 x 17.75 inches Signed LL Provenance: Estate of Irene Rice Pereira, Andre Zarre Collection
IRENE RICE PEREIRA
Untitled (Red Cyclops with Stars), 4/18/1953 Watercolor and mixed media on paper, 23.5 x 18.5 inches Signed LR Provenance: Estate of Irene Rice Pereira, Andre Zarre Collection
ROLPH SCARLETT
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Untitled (canoe), N.D. Oil on board, 48 x 45 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock NY
ROLPH SCARLETT
Wandering Eye, ca. 1960 Oil on canvas, 41 7/8 x 48 inches
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled (Black, Red, and Mustard Drip), ca. 1952 Oil on board, 35 3/8 x 48 inches Signed lower right
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled (Target), ca. 1948 Oil on masonite, 30 x 12 inches Signed lower left
ROLPH SCARLETT
ROLPH SCARLETT
LEFT Untitled (Triptych Slate), ca. 1964 Gouache on paper, 17 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches Signed lower right CENTER Untitled (Triptych Red), ca. 1960 Gouache on paper, 17 7/8 x 23 5/8 inches Signed lower left in pencil RIGHT Untitled (Triptych Blue), ca. 1964 Gouache on paper, 17 7/8 x 23 3/4 inches Signed lower left
ROLPH SCARLETT
Study for Torch, 1929-32 Gouache on paper, 11 x 11 3/4 inches Provenance: Crag’s Art (Blake Benton)
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled, ca. 1940-45 Gouache on paper, 8 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Initialed verso
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled (geometric on blue-gray ground) Gouache on paper, 8 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches Initialed lower left
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled (Study in Red & Black), ca.1935-1940 Ink & Mixed Media on Paper, 15 1/2 x 12 in. Signed lower right
ROLPH SCARLETT
Untitled (pink, white and black drip), c. 1950 Mixed media on paper, 23 1/4 x 17 3/4 inches Signed lower middle
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