The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh
Lévy Gorvy Dayan is delighted to announce The Human Situation: Marcia Marcus, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh. The exhibition, conceived by Saara Pritchard, will mark the first focused presentation of Marcia Marcus (1928–2025), Alice Neel (1900–1984), and Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), who each worked in New York City and shared in its artistic circles in the dynamic decades of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. During this period, they portrayed mutual sitters, exhibited together, and participated in public discussions. Their representations of loved ones, friends, and acquaintances are distinctive in form and style, yet share in their evocation of the human spirit, capturing Sleigh’s reflection “The human situation adds a certain poignancy to portraits...”
Selected Artworks
- Marcia Marcus
- Self-portrait, 1979
- Oil and gold leaf on canvas
- 44 × 38 inches (111.8 × 96.5 cm)
- © 2025 Marcia Marcus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Marcia Marcus
- Star Still Life, 1989
- Oil and gold leaf on canvas
- 36 × 40 inches (91.4 × 101.6 cm)
- © 2025 Marcia Marcus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Marcia Marcus
- Tyna, Alvin, Baby, 1970-71
- Acrylic on canvas
- 49¾ × 40 inches (126.4 × 101.6 cm)
- © 2025 Marcia Marcus / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Alice Neel
- June, 1955
- Oil on canvas
- 34 × 25 inches
- (86.4 × 63.5 cm)
- © Estate of Alice Neel, courtesy of the Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner
- Alice Neel
- Pregnant Nude, 1967
- Oil on canvas
- 36½ × 57¼ inches (92.7 × 145.4 cm)
- © Estate of Alice Neel, courtesy of the Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner
- Sylvia Sleigh
- A.I.R. Group Portrait, 1977–78
- Oil on canvas
- 75 × 82 inches (190.5 × 208.3 cm)
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2016.234. © Whitney Museum of American Art
- Sylvia Sleigh
- Artemis in Central Park, 1988–89
- Oil on canvas
- 50⅛ × 20⅛ inches (127.3 × 51.1 cm)
- Sylvia Sleigh
- Betty Parsons, 1963
- Oil on canvas
- 20 × 30 inches (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
- Sylvia Sleigh
- Lawrence in the Red Chair, 1963
- Oil on canvas
- 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm)
- © Estate of Sylvia Sleigh, courtesy of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh
- Sylvia Sleigh
- The Blue Dress, 1970
- Oil on canvas
- 66½ × 34½ inches (168.9 × 87.6 cm)
- © Estate of Sylvia Sleigh, courtesy of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh
- Jenna Gribbon
- Blue Rub, 2025
- Oil on linen
- 92 × 72 × 1¾ inches (233.7 × 182.9 × 4.4 cm)
- © Jenna Gribbon
- Nikki Maloof
- The Florist, 2025
- Oil on Linen
- 35 × 24 inches (88.9 × 61 cm)
- © Nikki Maloof