Catalogue entry
JFF.1488
Gulls Against the Sea
1957
Oil on masonite
26 x 40 in. (66.04 x 101.6 cm)
Signed lower right: John Folinsbee
Private collection
Provenance
Private collection
Exhibitions
National Arts Club, New York, Members Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, January 1957.
William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, John Folinsbee, July 17–September 14, 1959, no. 31, ill.
James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Painterly Voice: Bucks County's Fertile Ground, October 22, 2011–April 1, 2012.
Published References
D.A. "Art: Surrealist Review." New York Times, January 18, 1957, "Among the notable paintings are John Folinsbee's 'Gulls' wheeling into the waves."
Record last updated November 6, 2012. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Jensen, Kirsten M. ""Gulls Against the Sea, 1957 (JFF.1488)." In John F. Folinsbee Catalogue Raisonné. www.johnfolinsbee.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1488 (accessed on August 21, 2025).