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Irene Rice Pereira Art

American, 1902-1971
Born Irene Rice, she took the name of her first husband, the commercial artist Umberto Pereira. She adopted the name I. Rice Pereira because then as now discrimination beset women in the arts. By the time war broke out Irene had divorced Pereira and married George Wellington Brown, a marine engineer from a prominent Boston family. Brown was an ingenious experimenter with materials, and he encouraged his petite new wife in their mutual passion for experimentation. Pereira in the 1930s was drawn to ships, not only because of George Brown, but because of their intricate machinery, their functional beauty. The inside-out infrastructure of the Pompidou museum in Paris amused Pereira, although she thought it art-historically tardy. Irene Rice Pereira was a lovely, fragile being. Her presence was hushed. She spoke almost in a whisper and listened far more than she spoke. She was a prodigious autodidact and a spellbinding lecturer. The main body of her metaphysical library today resides in the Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Her papers and the manuscript for her still unpublished book, Eastward Journey, are available to scholars in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard. Pereira won recognition for her abstract geometric work, particularly her jewel-like works on fluted and coruscated layers of glass, throughout the 1940s and early 1950s. In 1953 the Whitney Museum, then in Greenwich Village, gave her a retrospective exhibition with Loren MacIver, and that same year Life magazine published a centerfold photo examination of her work. By the late 1950s Abstract Expressionism had swept Manhattan, flattening such nascent movements as Geometric Abstraction. Such artists as Stuart Davis, Stanton MacDonald Wright, George L.K. Morris, George Ault, Jan Matulka, Richard Leahy, Philip Guston and many others were eclipsed. Pereira believed that a European angst, brought to our shores in the wake of the Holocaust, had introduced a cynicism and a profoundly anti-female sensibility that boded ill for art in America. Rightly she pointed out that even when the works of women were acquired by museums they were rarely shown, a disgrace that persists to this day. The women who did achieve success, she said, were often collaborators with more famous male artists and tastemakers. Pereira died in 1971 in Marbella, Spain, ill and broken-hearted. She had been evicted from the Fifteenth Street studio in Chelsea where she had painted for more than thirty years. Suffering from severe emphysema, she could barely negotiate a few stairs. But by the 1980s a new generation of women scholars and curators had begun to resurrect her stature. A considerable following has formed to honor a pioneer artist who cared about other artists and willingly paid the price to denounce what others feared in silence. Indeed when Pereira sold a painting she had two immediate impulses: buy a new hat, and give the money to an artist friend in trouble. She loved hats but loved to help fellow artists even more.
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The Lapis V, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
The Lapis V, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

The Lapis V, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Lapis V Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 13.75 x 17 inches

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1950s Abstract Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract , Geometric Art Deco wool rug / wall hanging by Irene Rice Pereira
Abstract , Geometric Art Deco wool rug / wall hanging by Irene Rice Pereira

Abstract , Geometric Art Deco wool rug / wall hanging by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Buffalo, NY

Abstract , Geometric Art Deco wool rug / wall hanging by Irene Rice Pereira..Rug has been tacked to wood and framed.. Can be easily removed if desired.. Great original condition.. ...

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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Wool

The Lapis IV, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
The Lapis IV, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

The Lapis IV, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Lapis IV Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 13.75 x 16.75 inches

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1950s Abstract Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Ink, Watercolor

“Abstract Figure in Blue”
“Abstract Figure in Blue”

“Abstract Figure in Blue”

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Southampton, NY

'Untitled' (Abstract Figure in Blue). 1954. Gouache on archival paper. Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right. Condition is very good. Under glass. Dimensions: Sight size: 23.25 in...

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1950s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Gouache, Archival Paper

ASCENT OF THE HEAVENLY TWINS

ASCENT OF THE HEAVENLY TWINS

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Portland, ME

Rice Pereira, Irene. THE ASCENT OF THE HEAVENLY TWINS. Drawing, 1964. White gouache on black paper, mounted on board. Signed, dated, and inscribed "To Nat and Doris" in white gouache...

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1960s Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Gouache

Omega (Poem by George Reamy), Surrealist Etching by Irene Rice Pereira
Omega (Poem by George Reamy), Surrealist Etching by Irene Rice Pereira

Omega (Poem by George Reamy), Surrealist Etching by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Omega (Poem by George Reamy) Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902–1971) Date: 1953 Etching and Aquatint, signed, dated and dedicated in pencil Edition of Dedicated Proof Image Size: 14...

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1950s Surrealist Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Etching, Aquatint

Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist
Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist

Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in New York, NY

Radiant Relections. Abstract Non-Objective 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Female Artist. Signed lower right. Provenance: Estate of Foy C. Casper, Norfolk, Virginia (a close personal friend of the artist and a former director of the Irene Rice-Pereira Foundation). Sothebys American art sale October 10, 2008. The canvas measures 50 x 40. The work has been restored, relined and is housed in its original frame, made by the artist's second husband, George Wellington Brown, a marine engineer from Boston. BIO Periera was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who played a significant role in the development of modernism in America. She is known for her work in the Geometric abstraction, Abstract expressionist, and lyrical abstraction genres and her use of the principles of the Bauhaus school. She helped found the Federal Art Project...

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1950s Abstract Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Canvas, Oil

The Lapis III, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
The Lapis III, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

The Lapis III, 1954 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Lapis III Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1954 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and titled Size: 12 x 15 in. (30.48 x 38.1 cm) Frame Size: 14 x 17 inches

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1950s Abstract Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Ink, Watercolor

“Abstract Figure in Orange”
“Abstract Figure in Orange”

“Abstract Figure in Orange”

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Southampton, NY

'Untitled' (Abstract Figure in Orange). 1955. Gouache on archival paper. Signed, inscribed, and dated lower right. Condition is very good. Under glass. Dimensions: Sight size: 23.25 ...

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1950s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Mercurius Bringing Day, 1940 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
Mercurius Bringing Day, 1940 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

Mercurius Bringing Day, 1940 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mercurius Bringing Day Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1940 Pastel on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel 38.5 x 24.5 in. (97.79 x 62.23 cm)

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1940s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel

The Sewn Seed, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
The Sewn Seed, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

The Sewn Seed, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Sewn Seed Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Watercolor and Acrylic on rice paper, signed in pencil, titled in sharpie 23.5 x 18.5 in. (59.69 x 46.99 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Acrylic, Watercolor

The Descent of the Dove, 1967 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
The Descent of the Dove, 1967 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

The Descent of the Dove, 1967 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Descent of the Dove Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1967 Pastel on rice paper, signed and titled in marker, dated in pastel 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel

Mars, 1966 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Mars, 1966 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

Mars, 1966 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Mars Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) Creation Date: 1966 Acrylic and pastel on rice paper, signed, dated, and titled in pastel Size: 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel, Acrylic

Sitting Woman,  Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Sitting Woman,  Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

Sitting Woman, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Sitting Woman Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Watercolor, acrylic, pencil and pastel on rice paper, signed in watercolor 24 x 18.75 in. (60.96 x 47.63 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

Blue Woman, 1958 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
Blue Woman, 1958 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

Blue Woman, 1958 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Blue Woman Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1958 Pastel on rice paper, signed and dated in pastel Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)

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1950s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing

ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in New York, NY

ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971) Abstract 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper Signed lower right Framed by Bark BIO rene Pereira was born in 1902 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and grew up in Great Barrington. She was strongly influenced by her mother who was an amateur artist. Irene began art lessons at the age of fifteen; she took a secretarial job because her father had died. She took art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of twenty-one she married the first of three husbands, Humberto Pereira, whose name she kept. She traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa and was much inspired by the expansive vistas of the Sahara Desert. Returning to New York, she began incorporating these visions into her work, increasingly experimental in her styles and methods. At first she painted on canvas, then she devised a means of actually incorporating light into her works by painting on layers of glass and mounting the layers together. In 1942 she married George Brown, an engineer, who helped her experiment with a variety of materials. By the 1950s she became more interested in writing poetry and, divorced from Brown in 1952, she married George Reavey, an Irish Poet...

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1950s Abstract Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled

Untitled

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in New York, NY

Chalk on black paper 1963. (Inscribed 1963) Signed and Dated. I.Rice Pereira was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who playe...

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1960s American Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Chalk

The Dove of Light, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
The Dove of Light, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

The Dove of Light, Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

The Dove of Light Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) circa 1966 Charcoal, Acrylic, and Pastel on rice paper, signed in pastel, titled in marker 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel, Charcoal, Acrylic

Descent of Mercurius, 1962 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Descent of Mercurius, 1962 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

Descent of Mercurius, 1962 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Descent of Mercurius Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1962 Pastel and Acrylic on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel Size: 35 x 23.75 in. (88.9 x 60.33 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel, Acrylic

Amphitrite, 1967 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
Amphitrite, 1967 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

Amphitrite, 1967 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in Long Island City, NY

Amphitrite Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971) 1967 Pastel, acrylic on rice paper mounted on paper, signed and dated in marker Size: 36.5 x 25 in. (92.71 x 63.5 cm)

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1960s Modern Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Pastel, Acrylic

Abstraction

Abstraction

By Irene Rice Pereira

Located in New York, NY

I . Rice Pereira Abstraction Pastel. Signed. 9 1/8 x 5 7/8" I.Rice Pereira was an American abstract artist, poet, and philosopher who played a significant rol...

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1960s Abstract Geometric Irene Rice Pereira Art

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Oil Pastel

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