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By the mid-1950s, Dusti Bongé was working fully in the vein of Abstract Expressionism and mounting solo exhibitions at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York. Dusti forged a strong friendship with the prominent dealer who would represent her for almost three decades. Although living and painting in Biloxi, MS, Bongé was established in the New York School of artists and received much critical acclaim.
Infinity, 1980,
oil on masonite, unsigned, 72 ½ x 48 in., in a period slat frame.
Illustrated: Bongé, Dusti, Dusti Bongé: The Life of an Artist, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1982.
Note: Included in the forthcoming exhibition “Piercing the Inner Wall: The Work of Dusti Bongé” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, April 11-September 8, 2019.
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Void #6, 1982
oil on masonite, signed, titled and dated en verso, 48 x 48 in., in a simple molded black frame.
Note: Included in the forthcoming exhibition “Piercing the Inner Wall: The Work of Dusti Bongé” at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, April 11-September 8, 2019.
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Blue Power, 1956
oil on masonite, signed and dated en verso, 48 x 24 in., in a period wood slat frame.
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Shooting Stars, c. 1953-55
oil on masonite, unsigned, 27 ¾ x 20 in., unframed.
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Untitled (Black Forms), 1973
ink on paper, signed and dated “’73” lower right, 26 x 19 ¾ in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black and Green Form on Gray Ground), 1966
tempera on board, signed and dated “66” lower right, 24 x 19 in.
Framed.
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Untitled (Red and Yellow with White Abstract), 1974
Acrylic and tempera on paper laid on board, signed and dated “’74” lower right, 17 3/4 x 12 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
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Untitled (Yellow, Blue and Brown Abstract), 1975
watercolor on paper, signed and dated “75” on the mat board lower right, 3 5/8 x 3 1/8 in.
Mounted on a mat board.
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Untitled (Two Abstract Figures in White, Black and Blue), 1955
Oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 48 x 36 in.
Period Frame.
Exhibited: Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY, Dusti Bonge Solo Exhibition, April 30-May 19, 1956.
Sold to an Important Southern Institution.
Sunday Walk, 1958
Oil on masonite, unsigned, 29 x 19 7/8 in.
Framed.
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Untitled (Black Abstract Composition with Blue and Yellow), c. 1950
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, 15 x 11 in.
Unframed.
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Plaything of the External World, 1955
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, titled on paper label affixed en verso, 39 x 26 in.
Period frame.
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Untitled (Multicolor Forms on Mauve Ground), c. 1975
Tempera and pastel on paper, signed lower right, 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black Abstract with Green, Red and Pink), 1954
Tempera and ink on paper, signed and dated “54” lower right, Betty Parsons Gallery label en verso, 26 1/4 x 20 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Blue and White Squares with Black and Red Lines), c. 1954
Tempera and ink on board, double sided, signed lower right, 28 x 22 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black Totems), 1954
ink on paper, signed and dated “54” lower right, Betty Parsons Gallery label en verso, 26 x 20 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black and White Circles), c. 1955
Tempera on paper, signed lower right, 26 x 19 7/8 in.
Unframed.
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Fluted Conch, c. 1955
Tempera on paper, signed lower right, 11 3/4 x 9 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black Abstract with Arch), 1955
Ink and wash on paper, signed and dated “55” lower right, Betty Parsons Gallery label en verso, 26 x 20 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
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Untitled (Blue, Gray, and White Abstract), 1975
Tempera on paper, signed and dated “75” lower right, 24 x 17 3/4 in.
Unframed.
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Study for Collage V, 1975
ink and tempera on paper laid on board, signed and dated “75” lower right and signed upper left, 17 ¾ x 24 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Blue, Black, White and Red Abstract), 1975
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated “’75” on the mat board lower right, 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.
Matted and mounted on a mat board.
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Untitled (Black & White Totems), c. 1960
Tempera and ink on paper, signed lower right, 26 x 19 7/8 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
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Untitled (Black and White Abstract), c. 1955
Tempera on paper, signed lower right, 9 x 11 3/4 in.
Archivally matted and framed with conservation glass.
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Untitled (Black and White Abstract with Orange), c. 1960
Tempera on paper, signed lower right, 20 3/4 x 15 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
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Untitled (Two Black Ovals), 1960
Watercolor on paper with cutout, signed lower right, signed and dated en verso, 16 1/2 x 22 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Black Ovals and Lines), 1956
Ink and wash on paper, signed and dated “56” lower right, 26 x 20 in.
Archivally matted and framed with museum glass.
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Drawing #3, 1958
Ink on paper, signed lower right, titled and dated on Betty Parsons Gallery Label, three exhibition labels, for 20th Biennial International Watercolor Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and Museum of Art on separate piece of backing paper, 26 x 20 in.
Matted.
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Untitled (Orange Circle and Black Line), c. 1960
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated “’60” lower right, 20 x 26 1/4 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Blue, Black, and Purple Abstract), 1975
Acrylic and ink on paper, signed and dated on the mat board lower right, 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in.
Mounted on a mat board.
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Untitled (Black Grid), c. 1975
ink and wash on paper, signed lower right, 13 ½ x 11 in.
Unframed.
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Untitled (Blue Composition), 1975
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated “’75” lower right on the mat board, 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. sight.
Archivally framed in a silver gilt wood frame with a white mat.
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Untitled (Purple and Gold Composition), 1975
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated “’75” lower right on the mat board, 2 x 2 1/4 in. sight.
Archivally framed in a silver gilt wood frame with a white mat.
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Soul of the Nautilus, 1956
watercolor and gouache, dated on Betty Parsons Gallery label en verso, 27 ¾ x 21 ¾ in. sight, glazed in a period giltwood frame.