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Brosseau Center for Learning: Women Artists and Abstraction

Cara Nordengren, curator

April 21, 2026–May 17, 2026

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation features works from the collection selected in conversation with the exhibition Brush, Block, and Blood: Three Generations of Yoshida Women Printmakers on view in the Larry & Barbara Marshall Family Balcony.

Works of art

Quivira Interlude, Shirley Luke Schnell — Shirley Luke Schnell

Quivira Interlude, 1978

Vuillard's Chariot, Universal Limited Art Editions — Universal Limited Art Editions

Vuillard's Chariot, 2006

Détente, Minna Wright Citron — Minna Wright Citron

Détente, 1951

Ode to Spring, No. 1, Susan Springer — Susan Springer

Ode to Spring, No. 1, mid 1900s

Hovenweep I, Christina McPhee — Christina McPhee

Hovenweep I, 1990

Totem Destroyed, Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) — Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994)

Totem Destroyed, 1958

Study for Chaotic Lip, Elizabeth Murray — Elizabeth Murray

Study for Chaotic Lip, circa 1985

Natura non facit Satturn, Susan Springer — Susan Springer

Natura non facit Satturn, 1966

Inscriptions, Ynez Johnston — Ynez Johnston

Inscriptions, 1991

Kasanari, Shinoda Tōkō — Shinoda Tōkō

Kasanari, 1999

Intransitive, Alice Trumbull Mason — Alice Trumbull Mason

Intransitive, 1949

untitled, Judith Dolnick — Judith Dolnick

untitled, 1977

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, Colette Stuebe Bangert — Colette Stuebe Bangert

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, 1966

Sanguine Mood, Patricia Yamashiro; Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011); The Women's Board of the San Francisco Museum of Art (1934–1975) — Patricia Yamashiro; Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011); The Women's Board of the San Francisco Museum of Art (1934–1975)

Sanguine Mood, 1971

Small Craft Warning, Barbara Mueller — Barbara Mueller

Small Craft Warning, 1987

untitled, Zona Lorraine Wheeler — Zona Lorraine Wheeler

untitled, 1968

Salute: This So-called Angel, Grace Hartigan — Grace Hartigan

Salute: This So-called Angel, 1961

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, Grace Hartigan — Grace Hartigan

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, 1961

Blue Band, Minna Wright Citron — Minna Wright Citron

Blue Band, 1965

Barrier Reef, Minna Wright Citron — Minna Wright Citron

Barrier Reef, 1953

Stone Forest, Evonne English — Evonne English

Stone Forest, 1989

Longevity, Laura Berman (born 1973); Bedrock Art Editions, LLC (founded 2016) — Laura Berman (born 1973); Bedrock Art Editions, LLC (founded 2016)

Longevity, 2016

In the Forest (Ancient Sculpture Garden), Louise Nevelson — Louise Nevelson

In the Forest (Ancient Sculpture Garden), 1952–1954

Untitled, Louise Bourgeois — Louise Bourgeois

Untitled, 1991

Bay Area Sunday I, Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011); Garner Tullis (1939–2019) — Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011); Garner Tullis (1939–2019)

Bay Area Sunday I, 1982

Salute: On a Tar Roof, Grace Hartigan — Grace Hartigan

Salute: On a Tar Roof, 1961

Turner Falls, #1, Olinka Hrdy — Olinka Hrdy

Turner Falls, #1, 1937

Sixth Metalscape Series: No. 16, Moons, Mountains, Stars, Barbara Waterman-Peters — Barbara Waterman-Peters

Sixth Metalscape Series: No. 16, Moons, Mountains, Stars, 1981

Eighth Stone, Universal Limited Art Editions — Universal Limited Art Editions

Eighth Stone, 1965–1968