Jean Hyson “The Light Sown”, Large Round Abstract Minimalist Painting, 1969

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Jean Hyson “The Light Sown”, Large Round Abstract Minimalist Painting, 1969

About the Item

An extra-large round abstract minimalist acrylic painting by San Francisco artist Jean Hyson (b. 1934) titled “The Light Sown”. One of two works from the artist’s 1969 series of futuristic-looking paintings that we currently offer, the other being a smaller work titled “The Foundation”. Striking example of post-painterly abstraction from early in that artistic movement. Confident and crisp hard-edge aesthetic and bold color palette defies easy dating while simultaneously being totally on trend. Azure ground with pastel organic forms contrasted by orange and green linear bands with fluorescent orange pinstriping. Signed on recto at 5 o’clock position. Signed, titled, and annotated on verso. Original brushed aluminum custom frame and trim. Jean Hyson and her then-husband Jacques Fabert (who typically painted under the name “Jean Faber Himbert”) were an important force within the midcentury San Francisco art scene. Her work has been featured in countless Bay Area gallery and museum exhibitions—including SFMOMA, the de Young, and the Legion of Honor—and is in numerous public and private collections. In a fantastic in-depth interview with Hilda Pertha for the December 1970 issue of WESTART, Hyson gave her passionate take on the nascent women’s liberation movement and the positive effect she hopes it will have for female artists: “If women artists were given the respect male artists have, I feel what they could do would produce fabulous fantastic giants in the art field…A woman has to be able to dream. And the male world has placed limitations on her dreams. This is why it is wrong! I see a future where females will be encouraged to seek the same educational opportunities as males—to train as composers, surgeons, physicists, artists, politicians. To set a goal the same as the male—to become a senator, Supreme Court Justice, president of the USA! And not do it part-time while being a ‘housewife’ any more than the male does it part-time being a ‘househusband’—but full-time, because these goals take full-time concentration and attention.”

Dimensions:
Height: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Diameter: 44.75 in (113.67 cm)
Style:
Minimalist (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Acrylic,Aluminum,Canvas,Paint,Wood,Brushed
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
1960-1969
Date of Manufacture:
1969
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Art in great vintage condition. Very tiny mark at far right, and a few minuscule and inconsequential specks. Frame with some tiny or small light scuffs/marks and a couple nicks. Additional photos including in varied lighting provided upon request.
Seller Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU955019445242