Alice Baber (1928-1982)
Portrait of Artist, 1968 by Arnold Newman
ALICE BABER
Alice Baber was born in Charleston, Illinois.
Artist: Alice Baber
Title: The Bridge of the Piper for Virgo
Date: 1975
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 50 in H x 90 in. W x 2 in D. With Frame 92 in H x 52 in W x 2 3/4 in D.
Provenance: Previously part of the estate of Fashion Designer Arnold Scaasi and Parker Ladd. Hindman Auctions, Chicago, IL,. Palm Beach Collections. Peanut Gallery Summit, NJ
Private Collection
“My paintings are my diary, but I decided recently to keep some written notes. Each day, in the morning, I write my feeling about the sense of that day's color. It is the most important aspect of the day.”
Alice Baber
Santa Barbara, 1976
An interior shot of Designer Arnold Scaasi and Parker Ladd’s home in Palm Beach. The Alice Baber piece is featured along with a piece by Jean Dubuffet.
Artist: Alice Baber
Title: The Silver Drum of the Morning
Date: 1977
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 35 x 57.5 in . (88.9 x 146 cm.)
Provenance. Capsule Auctions NY 0039 - Art & Design Auction.
Tuxedo Park Junk Shop, Tuxedo Park, NY
Private Collection
FOR ALICE BABER
“Surprise of light,
weight of intangibles -
Alice is back,
trailing her yellows
and scarves of blue!
All’s afloat, unloosed,
are those angels or moons
in her personal sky?
All things live
in their possible order
storm, color, spawned
from that white heart.
Norman Rosten 1977
Artist: Alice Baber
Title: Composition Lithograph
Date: 1970
Medium: Color lithograph on Arches paper hand signed and numbered 54 out 100 in pencil.
Size: 28 x 22 in . (88.9 x 146 cm.)
Provenance.
Private Collection
Artist: Alice Baber
Title: Composition Lithograph
Date: 1970
Medium: Color lithograph on Arches paper hand signed and numbered 97 out 100 in pencil.
Size: 28 x 22 in . (88.9 x 146 cm.)
Provenance. ArtWise Brooklyn, NY
Private Collection
USEFUL RESOURCES ON ALICE BABER
Abstract Expressionist Alice Baber Advocated for Women Artists. At Long Last, Her Own Work Is Taking the Spotlight
Abstract Expressionist Alice Baber Advocated for Women Artists. At Long Last, Her Own Work Is Taking the Spotligh
Alice Baber: Colors of the Rainbow
Publisher in 2024 by Jody Klotz Fine Art
Alice Baber: Color Hunger
Publisher in 2023 by Luxembourg + Co