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Sonja Sekula, b.1918

A Small Small Talk Book1953

A Small Small Talk Book is a 1953 work by Sonja Sekula. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.

MediumPencil, watercolour, gouache. Hamilton Bond paper folded
Dimensions 30.4 x 19.1 cm
Credit LineIMMA Collection: The Novak/O'Doherty Collection at IMMA Gift, The American Ireland Fund, 2014
Item NumberIMMA.3864
Copyright For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
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Sonja Sekula, A Small Small Talk Book, 1953, Pencil, watercolour, gouache. Hamilton Bond paper folded, 30.4 x 19.1 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Novak/O'Doherty Collection at IMMA Gift, The American Ireland Fund, 2014

For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].

  • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    Sonja Sekula 1918–1963

    Swiss artist Sonja Sekula (1918 – 1963) was born in Lucerne and moved with her family to the United States in 1936. She attended Sarah Lawrence College where she studied philosophy, literature and painting. Sekula entered the Art Students League in 1941. During the 1940s she met André Breton, Robert Matta, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and others among the Surrealist group. Sekula contributed to the Surrealist Magazine VVV in 1943. In 1946 she had her first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim’s gallery. In 1949 she showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery with Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman. Sekula returned to Switzerland in 1951 and remained there until her death in 1963.
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    Artworks by Sonja Sekula

    Drawing 19

    Drawing 19 Sonja Sekula 1950

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