Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, NY, July 31 - October 31, 1997. Traveled to The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy, February 8 - May 17, 1998. Guest curated by Siobhán M. Conaty. Texts by Philip Rylands, Siobhán M. Conaty, Buffie Johnson, and Fannie Hillsmith. Artists include Virginia Admiral, Nell Blaine, Leonora Carrington, Ronnie Elliott, Perle Fine, Leonor Fini, Suzy Frelinghuysen, Fannie Hillsmith, Valentine Hugo, Buffie Johnson, Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, Jacqueline Lamba, Muriel Streeter Levy, Loren MacIver, Hazel McKinley, Alice Trumbull Mason, Louise Nevelson, Alice Rahon Paalen, Irene Rice Pereira, Barbara Reis, Kay Sage, Esphyr Slobodkina, Hedda Sterne, Dorothea Tanning, Julia Thecla, Pegeen Vail, and Charmion von Wiegand. Includes exhibition rosters for "Exhibition by 31 Women," 1943, and "The Women," 1945.
"This show was based on two all-women exhibitions organized by Peggy Guggenheim at Art of This Century, her gallery in New York: Exhibition by 31 Women (1943) and The Women (1945). Bringing together the art that was presented in those two shows, the curatorial aim was to offer an insight into the achievements of female artists, emphasizing their role in modern avant-garde. Art of this Century. The Women posited Peggy Guggenheim as a crucial figure in twentieth-century art not only because she supported the burgeoning New York School but because her exhibitions targeted crucial issues that are still at stake today in contemporary culture."—from Peggy Guggenheim Collection website