Selling Exhibition: Betty Goodwin
“Untethered Bodies: The Swimmers of Betty Goodwin” and “Betty Goodwin: Beyond Flesh and Bone” are curated selections of seminal work by Betty Goodwin from three important private collections. This major selling exhibition is curated by Barbara Edwards (Barbara Edwards Contemporary) and Lydia Abbott (Cowley Abbott).
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BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (Swimmers Series), 1982-83
oil pastel and graphite on paper
signed and dated 1982-83 lower right; dated 1982-83 to a gallery label on the reverse
17.75 x 27.75 in ( 45.1 x 70.5 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Secours (Sans Titre, Swimmers Series)
oil stick on paper
signed and dated 1984 lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
17.5 x 22 in ( 44.5 x 55.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Study for Berlin Project
mixed media
signed, titled and dated 1982 lower right
21 x 24.5 in ( 53.3 x 62.2 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Do you know how long it takes any one voice to reach another, 1985
oil
signed and dated 1985-1986 lower right; titled and dated on labels on the reverse
20 x 28 in ( 50.8 x 71.1 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Ein Stein Ist Aus Meinem Herzen Gefallen
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1985 lower right; titled and dated 1985 on three labels on the reverse
21.5 x 17 in ( 54.6 x 43.2 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Sans titre (Figure with Megaphone)
pastel
signed and dated 1988 lower right; titled and dated on a label on the reverse
11.5 x 8.25 in ( 29.2 x 21 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Sans titre (Figure with Megaphone)
oil stick and graphite on translucent mylar film
signed and dated 1988 lower right; titled and dated on a label on the reverse
12 x 9 in ( 30.5 x 22.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Bent Figure with Heart and Foot
oil stick and graphite on mylar
signed and dated 1993-1995 lower right; titled and dated on a label on the reverse, titled "Figure with Foot" on a label on the reverse
17.75 x 11.75 in ( 45.1 x 29.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (Carbon Series), 1989
graphite on geofilm
signed and dated 1989 lower right; titled and dated on two gallery labels on the reverse
10.75 x 8.25 in ( 27.3 x 21 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Sans titre (Figure & Animal Series)
oil stick
signed and dated "7 87" lower right; titled and dated 1987 on a gallery label on the reverse
11.75 x 17.75 in ( 29.8 x 45.1 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Knotted Arms
oil stick
signed and dated 1988 lower right; titled and dated on the labels on the reverse
17 x 11 in ( 43.2 x 27.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Figure/Ladder XV
oil stick and graphite on geofilm
signed and dated 1997 lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
17 x 11 in ( 43.2 x 27.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
A blue bone in my throat
graphite and mixed media on paper
signed, titled and dated 1984 lower right
17.75 x 22.75 in ( 45.1 x 57.8 cm ) ( sight )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (bone series)
pigment wash with turpentine on paper
signed and dated 1992 lower left; dated 1991 lower right; titled on the gallery label on the reverse
17.75 x 11.75 in ( 45.1 x 29.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Limit of Being
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1984 lower right; titled and dated 1984 to three gallery labels on the reverse
22.75 x 35.25 in ( 57.8 x 89.5 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
BETTY ROODISH GOODWIN
Untitled (Figure/Animal Series)
oil stick and graphite on two sheets of transparent mylar
signed and dated 1989 lower right; titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse
13 x 9 in ( 33 x 22.9 cm ) ( sheet )
Closes December 16th at 07:00:00 PM EST
About This Exhibition
“Untethered Bodies: The Swimmers of Betty Goodwin” and “Betty Goodwin: Beyond Flesh and Bone” are curated selections of seminal work by Betty Goodwin from three important private collections. This major selling exhibition is curated by Barbara Edwards (Barbara Edwards Contemporary) and Lydia Abbott (Cowley Abbott).
Flailing, vulnerable, forsaken, Betty Goodwin’s solitary swimmer appears caught in an undulating rhythm between sinking and floating, gasping and drowning, yet each figure propels ever forward. It is this dichotomy that gives Goodwin’s swimming figures such an arresting presence. Powerful examples from her Swimmers Series are included in “Untethered Bodies: The Swimmers of Betty Goodwin” on view at Cowley Abbott.
Concerned with the fragility and ephemeral quality of life, Betty Goodwin created haunting and mysterious images of solitude and mourning often drawing on her own experience of unfathomable loss. Throughout her oeuvre and across various media, themes of grief and generational trauma emanate from her imagery as the artist struggled to exact meaning from suffering. A selection of these artworks is included in “Betty Goodwin: Beyond Flesh and Bone” on view at Cowley Abbott.
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