IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ALICE BABER
Alice Baber
JOHN MORAN AUCTIONEERS
Alice Baber
"Red Knight," 1965
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Baber; signed again, titled, dated, and inscribed on the upper and lower stretchers: Alice Baber New York 1965
14" H x 10" W
Provenance:
The artist
Arnold Scaasi, fashion designer and Baber collector, New York, NY
Mitzi Gaynor, gifted from the above
Modern + Contemporary Fine Art
December 10, 2025
Arnold Scaasi, sits in his atelier circa 1966.
Mitzi Gaynor , c. 1954
JOHN MORAN AUCTIONEERS
Alice Baber
"The Royal Court of the Jaguars," 1979
Oil on canvas
Signed, titled, and dated on the canvas overlap: Alice Baber 1979; numbered "#135" on the upper portion of the stretcher
36" H x 72" W
Modern + Contemporary Fine Art
December 10, 2025
ALICE BABER
John Moran's Modern and Contemporary Fine Art sale brings together AbEx, contemporary icons, and more this December 10.
Alongside artists like Elaine de Kooning, Louise Nevelson, and Grace Hartigan, Alice Baber (1928–1982) was a pioneering figure within New York’s art scene in the mid-20th century—and has recently experienced a resurgence of popular interest. Moving deftly between mediums, her compositions often borrow the technical effects of another, such as in the oil on canvas The Royal Court of the Jaguars (1979), which visually evokes the translucency of watercolor. Best known for her vividly ethereal abstractions that leverage shapes and lines drawn from the natural world to investigate the changeable relationship of light and hue, her work is a pivotal chapter from the development of Abstract Expressionism.
BLACK ROCK AUCTIONS
Alice Baber
Watercolor on Paper
Signed lower right. A large pink and purple tone abstract watercolor. Presented laid on a backing in a fine brass finished frame and glazed. The artist is known for Abstract-stain artworks.
December 10th 2025
THE ART MUSEUM OF GREATER LAFAYETTE
Exploring the Collection: Alice Baber
An insightful exploration of the abstract expressionist painter Alice Baber. Discover her extensive works from our Permanent Collection and listen to renowned speakers Danielle Johnson and Gail Levin discuss her life and lasting impact on the art world.
Don't miss the chance to attend a book signing for the upcoming release, Alice Baber: An Artist's Triumph Over Tragedy, with author Gail Levin following the program! Learn more about the book here: CLICK HERE For more details.
ALICE BABER AN ARTIST’S TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY BY GAIL LEVIN
ABOUT THE BOOK
The definitive biography of abstract artist Alice Baber, whose luminous and beloved works took the world by storm.
From one of the most acclaimed art biographers writing today comes the surprising life of Alice Baber, who produced exquisite abstract paintings of vibrantly colored shapes that created an illusion of floating light. Heralded as an “artist of lyrical abstractions,” Baber’s paintings had already entered the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, and the Whitney at the time of her premature death at just fifty-four. How could such an accomplished and visionary artist then fall into near obscurity?
The Book will be released on February 3, 2026
"Gail Levin continues her quest to right the wrongs of art history's tendency to slight women artists in favor of their more established husband's. Such was (and is) the case for too many talented painters like Alice Baber. Kudos to Dr. Levin for her valiant efforts." Judy Chicago
"A painter of color and light. Alice Baber is the first scholarly examination of the artist. Levin’s thorough research offers a firm grounding for future studies. A richly detailed homage.” Kirkus Reviews
ALICE BABER
Family Day: Mix It Up
See bright colors, big shapes and unexpected materials, then create your own modern masterpiece.
Mar 28, 2026
ALICE BABER
Reinstallation of Museum’s Swanson and Orkin Galleries Brings Out New Selections of Modern Art
One wall explores the theme of dance and music through visual art. Joining abstract expressionist Alice Baber’s oil painting “Sound of the Red Dance” are two other oil paintings: Pierre Daura’s “Dancers” and Stephen Greene’s “Fermata #4.” A bronze sculpture of a woman by John Rhoden invites viewers to consider how the paintings nearby echo abstracted figure’s gestures. To engage the artwork in a different way, Hill worked with Peter Van Zandt Lane, associate professor of composition at the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music, to create a playlist of songs inspired by the works on view. A fermata is a musical symbol indicating that a performer can hold a note, chord or rest as long as they want for emphasis. The playlist encourages viewers to pause and take a moment to reflect on the artwork.
Authored by:
Jessica Smith
WOMEN ARTISTS IN ASCENDANCE
Featuring objects on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art alongside the university art collection, Women Artists in Ascendance pulls back the curtain on the story of modern American art by displaying works from a dozen women artists who were goliaths in their own right, including Helen Frankenthaler, Alice Baber, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner, Joan Brown, Amanda Williams and other notable women artists.
Exhibition Info:
August 19, 2025 — July 2, 2026
Bill L. Harbert Gallery
THE AUBURN PLAINSMAN
Redefining American art through untold stories at The Jule Museum
In his presentation, Nemerov highlighted the concept of livingness, or a sense of life, that was integral to the works of Frankenthaler. He also detailed how other artists featured in the exhibit portray that sense of livingness in vastly different ways. Some, such as Hartigan, opted for darker bolder motifs, and others, such as Baber, employed lighter and more subtle techniques.
Visitors to the exhibit can see the liveliness of the art with Frankenthaler's "Blue Territory," Hardigan's "Sweden" and Baber's "Lord of the Rainbow" – all being showcased in the exhibit. Ethan Olsen, one visitor to the exhibition, described why he found the storytelling of the collection to be impactful. By Erin Cosby
Photo by Roxy Duda | Photographer | The Auburn Plainsman
SOTHEBYS NY
Alice Baber
The Green Door to the Wind
signed, titled and dated 1976 on the overlap
Acrylic on canvas
30 by 40 in.
76 by 101.5 cm.
Executed in 1976.
Sotheby’s Private Sales is pleased to present a thoughtfully curated selection of works in their summer selling exhibition opening in New York.
SOTHEBYS NY
Alice Baber
Violet Passing
signed Baber 68 (lower left), signed, titled and dated New York 1968 on the overlap
Oil on canvas
24 by 18 in.
61 by 45.5 cm.
Executed in 1968.
Sotheby’s Private Sales is pleased to present a thoughtfully curated selection of works in their summer selling exhibition opening in New York.
JEAN ALLEMAND
Jean Allemand
CHAYETTE & CHEVAL PARIS
SPECIAL SALE: JEWELLERY, PAINTINGS, FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART, WINES
Jean Allemand
Orion I, 1973
Mixed media on polygonal particleboard Signed, titled and dated 6/(19)73 on back Approx. 138.5 x 136 cm An accident to the chipboard panel
December 09, 2025
La Salle , 20, rue Drouot 75009 Paris
ROSEBERYS LONDON FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
Modern British & 20th Century Art: Part II
Jean Allemand
Abstract squares, No.1, 1972;
Acrylic on canvas, signed, numbered and dated on the reverse 'Jean Allemand 4-1972 No.1', 120.2 x 120.2 cm (unframed) (ARR)
December 10, 2025
PESTEL-DEBORD FRANCE
COLLECTIONS & SUCCESSIONS
Jean Allemand
Composition cinétique
Acrylique sur toile fixée sous verre signée et daté 1977 au dos Dim.: 40 x 40 cm Traces d'humidité
Décembre 15, 2025
Salle 13 - Hôtel Drouot , 9, rue Drouot 75009 Paris
GENE DAVIS
Gene Davis
WRIGHT AUCTION HOUSE
Editions & Works on Paper on December 16th presents a fresh selection of works from some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, demonstrating the power and potential of the multiple.
Gene Davis
Black Watch Series I; Black Watch Series III (two works)
1974
screenprint in colorsimage (each): 67¾ h × 41⅞ w in (172 × 106 cm)sight (each): 71½ h × 44½ w in (182 × 113 cm)
December 16, 2025
A CONVERSATION WITH GENE DAVIS
Do you think it might have something to do with spatial qualities?
What my stripes have become now are quite different from what they started out as. I didn’t really understand what I was about at first. I think maybe the best painters don’t know what they’re doing in the beginning. The painter who can tell you exactly what he’s doing isn’t doing much. At first I didn’t have the foggiest notion of what I was doing. It just seemed like maybe a good idea. Pure whim motivated it. I think that’s a pretty good motivation anyway, to do something just for the sheer hell of it. Later I began to realize there was something behind my decision. You see, I’m a frustrated musician. I studied music all through my teens. But I have a tin ear, and I wasn’t really very good. Painting stripes with musical intervals may be a kind of unconscious compensation for the fact that I never made it as a musician. I don’t set out to do musical paintings—that’s corny. The fact remains, however, that music is an art of interval and my work is an art of interval.
I have always been an interval artist. Even now in the new black and white paintings I’m working on, I am interested in spatial interval. Before it was color interval.
—Barbara Rose
THE PAINTER WHO EARNED HIS STRIPES
Gene Davis, the leading member of the Washington Color School, is celebrated a half century after his striped paintings caught on
“The Smithsonian Institution, which benefitted from a generous amount of his work donated to the museum after his death in 1985 at 64, may have missed the 50th anniversary of the landmark “Washington Color Painters” exhibition last year, but is making up for it with the newly opened “Gene Davis: Hot Beat” at its Smithsonian American Art Museum.
—Roger Catlin - Museums Correspondent
JON SCHUELER
Jon Schueler
SWANN AUCTION GALLERIES
Modern & Post-War Art
Jon Schueler
Rhythm Yellow.
Oil on linen, 1987.
Signed, titled, dated, and numbered "1500" in ink on the overlap.
36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm.)
December 18, 2025
ART AT KIRKCALDY GALLERIES
Collecting the Contemporary: Scottish Art at Kirkcaldy Galleries
This display features works by modern and contemporary painters who were inspired by Scotland. In addition to works by John Bellany, Ken Currie, Callum Innes and Jon Schueler,
31 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
Acclaimed Art World Documentary from Executive Producer David Corenswet Expands National Reach with Austin Film Festival Selection
"Woman in the Sky" Offers an Intimate Portrait of Love, Legacy, and Magda Salvesen's Pioneering Role in Artist Estate Management.
ERIQUE SEBASTIÁN CARBAJAL
Enrique Sebastián Carbajal
MORTON SUBASTAS
Enrique Sebastián Carbajal
Brancusi 4, 2001
ART TO GIVE – YEAR-END AUCTION
Modern & Contemporary Art
Dec 04, 2025