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Isfahan, 1973  Oil and acrylic on raw linen

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Isfahan, 1973

Oil and acrylic on raw linen

66 x 66 in.
167.6 x 167.6 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on linen painting Tutankhamen's Repose 1976

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Tutankhamen's Repose, 1976

Oil on linen

66 x 66 in.
167.6 x 167.6 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's colorful oil pastel on paper Fancy Free 6, 1978.

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Fancy Free 6, 1978

Oil pastel on paper

14 x 16 3/4 in.
35.6 x 42.5 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on linen painting Ravenna Eve, c. 1979 - 80

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Ravenna Eve, c. 1979 - 80

Oil on linen

66 x 65 3/4 in.
167.6 x 167 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on linen painting Byaz, 1980

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Byaz, 1980

Oil on linen

66 x 66 in.
167.6 x 167.6 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on raw linen painting Prairie Song, 1980

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Prairie Song, 1980

Oil on raw linen

66 x 80 in.
167.6 x 203.2 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil pastel on paper Untitled, 1980

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Untitled, 1980

Oil pastel on paper

20 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.
51.4 x 73 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on canvas painting Night Bloom, 1983

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Night Bloom, 1983

Oil on canvas

66 x 69 5/8 in.
167.6 x 176.8 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on canvas painting Portal Series, 1984

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Portal Series, 1984

Oil on canvas

66 x 72 in.
167.6 x 182.9 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's oil on canvas painting Dragon Slayer, c. 1985

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Dragon Slayer, c. 1985

Oil on canvas

65 3/4 x 71 3/4 in.
167 x 182.2 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's pastel on black paper artwork Untitled, c. 1988 - 1989

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Untitled, c. 1988 - 1989

Pastel on black paper

27 x 38 3/4 in.
68.6 x 98.4 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's colorful oil pastel on paper artwork Portal #10, 1994

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Portal #10, 1994

Oil pastel on paper

22 1/4 x 39 in.
56.5 x 99.1 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's colorful oil pastel on paper artwork Portal #16, 1995

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Portal #16, 1995

Oil pastel on paper

22 1/4 x 30 in
56.5 x 76.2 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's colorful oil pastel on paper artwork Portal #12, 1995 and 1997

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Portal #12, 1995 and 1997

Oil pastel on paper

22 1/4 x 30 in.
56.5 x 76.2 cm

 

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Image of MARY GRIGORIADIS's Portal #38, 2003 - 2008 colorful oil pastel on paper.

MARY GRIGORIADIS

Portal #38, 2003 - 2008

Oil pastel on paper

22 1/4 x 29 3/4 in.
56.5 x 75.6 cm

 

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Press Release

James Cohan is pleased to present an exhibition of works by New York-based artist Mary Grigoriadis (b. 1942, Jersey City, New Jersey), on view at the gallery’s 52 Walker Street location from June 22 through July 28, 2023. Mary Grigoriadis is organized in partnership with Accola Griefen Fine Art, New York, and features paintings and works on paper from the 1970s through the early 2000s.

 

For over four decades, Mary Grigoriadis pushed the bounds of oil painting by pursuing new approaches to composition, color, and ornament in her works on raw linen and canvas, which reveal an orchestration of concise brushstrokes. Bridging multiple art movements in mid-century New York, Grigoriadis was a founding member of A.I.R., the first women’s art gallery in the United States, and exhibited as part of the Pattern and Decoration (P+D) group. P+D elevated the motifs of decoration to fine art, and Grigoriadis married these references with the formal, exacting sentiments of a minimalist painter. Within this historical context, her painterly language and style demonstrate a unique approach to art-making—one that considered rigorous, process-based painting alongside the liberatory initiatives of her time. 

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