Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), "Pekabu II", Mixed Media on Mesh with Foamcore Elements, 1983, signed, dated, and titled to verso, unframed.

43" H x 44.5" W. 

Provenance: From the collection of the artist.

Note: Schuselka studied photography, art history, and theater at the University of Vienna. She moved to New York in 1964. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the United States, Italy, France, and Japan, as well as at the Cracovia Biennial, Yugoslavia, Ibiza Biennial, Spain, and the Sao Paulo Biennial. Her work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, and the International Centre of Graphic Arts, Slovenia. Long a regular exhibitor at the famed 55 Mercer Gallery, Schuselka is well-known in New York art circles together with her husband, Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928). 

Keywords: Painting, Collage, Assemblage, Multimedia, Abstraction, Polychrome, Colorful, Rainbow, Geometric composition, Patterns, Abstract Expressionist, Abstract Expressionism, AbEx, Second New York School, Women Artists, Contemporary Art