Gagosian Jay DeFeo

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Jay DeFeo

I’ve always got to get down there and show what is underneath everything.
—Jay DeFeo

Gagosian is pleased to present selected works by Jay DeFeo from the exhibition Transcending Definition: Jay DeFeo in the 1970s, on view at Gagosian, San Francisco, through October 31, 2020. DeFeo spent most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area and remains an influential figure in the region. This presentation focuses on the artist’s output in the decade following the completion of her pivotal work The Rose (1958–66), when she was based in Larkspur, Marin County. In her paintings, photographs, and works on paper of the 1970s, DeFeo fused the representational with the abstract, permeating her images of everyday objects—a camera tripod, a jewelry fragment, a shoe tree—with a sense of mystery. The artist described her works of this period as “beings suspended in space and time” that “transcend the definition of the literal objects from which they are derived.”

To schedule an appointment to visit the exhibition, please contact sanfrancisco@gagosian.com.

Jay DeFeo
Untitled, 1971
Gelatin silver print
7 × 8 1/4 inches (17.8 × 21 cm)
$25,000

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Jay DeFeo
Untitled, c. 1975
Graphite and photograph collaged on mat board, wrapped in plastic
7 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (18.7 × 19.1 cm)
$80,000

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Jay DeFeo
Untitled (Tripod series), 1975
Acrylic, graphite, grease pencil, tape, paper, and vellum on paper
23 1/4 × 19 5/8 inches (59.1 × 49.8 cm)
$115,000

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Jay DeFeo
Figure V (Tripod series), 1976
Graphite and acrylic on paper
13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.4 × 27.8 cm)
$60,000

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Jay DeFeo
Untitled, c. 1975–76
Collage of photomechanical reproduction, gelatin silver print, and transparent pressure-sensitive tape
9 1/2 × 4 inches (24.1 × 10.2 cm)

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