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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

1957 National Arts

National Arts Club, New York, Members Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, January 1957.

1959 Farnsworth

William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, John Folinsbee, July 17–September 14, 1959, no. 31, ill.

1986 St Botolph Boston

St. Botolph Club, Boston, John F. Folinsbee, 1986, no. 21.

2011–12 Michener

James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, The Painterly Voice: Bucks County's Fertile Ground, October 22, 2011–April 1, 2012.

Published References

NY Times 1957

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 22, 2025).