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MARCIA HAFIF

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Marcia Woods was born in 1929 in Pomona, California. She studied at Pomona College from 1947 to 1951, marrying Herbert Hafif. After interning at Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1961, she set out on what was to be a year-long stay in Florence, Italy. However, upon encountering Rome, she settled and spent the next eight years there, making her first mature work. She exhibited her “Pop Minimal” paintings at her first solo show at Galleria La Salita in 1964 and was criticized for the “American size” of her paintings and their “American cold squalor—similar to that provoked by traffic signs hung on the wall of a driving school.”

Returning to California in 1969 and leaving painting for a time to experiment with film, photography and sound installation, Hafif completed an MFA degree at the University of California at Irvine. In 1971, she moved to New York City to search out a return to painting at a time when the validity of painting was in doubt. Not finding a satisfactory path, she woke on the morning of January 1, 1972, to make her first Pencil on Paper drawing. Using short vertical marks, Hafif covered from top to bot-tom a 24 x 18-inch sheet of drawing paper. This method was later used in the development of her “color study” paintings. In An Extended Gray Scale, 1972–73, a work that occupied her for nearly a year, she painted gradations from black to white. Painting as many gradations she could distinguish, she completed a total of one hundred and six 22 x 22-inch oil paintings on standard cotton canvases.

In her influential 1978 Artforum essay, “Beginning Again,” Hafif outlined what would become the operational basis of her career for the next four decades where she “examined the pigments used in making paintings in order to make visible the qualities and attributes of a specific pigment color in a specific medium and format.” Exhibiting for more than eight years with Sonnabend Gallery in New York and Paris from 1974 to 1981, Hafif developed series of paintings that would become the basis of what came to be called, “The Inventory” (Mass Tone Paintings, 1973; Wall Paintings, 1975; Neutral Mix Paintings, 1976; Broken Color Paintings, 1978; Black Paintings, 1979).

Hafif continued to add to “The Inventory,” which grew into 26 different series of works.

Marcia Hafif, Rome, 1962

Hafif’s work has been exhibited widely in Europe and the United States. Recent major exhibitions include: Marcia Hafif, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, 2020; Marcia Hafif: Ideal Woman (film programme), Tate Modern, London, 2019; Spilling Over: Painting in the 1960s, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2019; Marcia Hafif, MAMCO Genève, 2019; Marcia Hafif: A Place Apart, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California, 2018; Marcia Hafif Remembered, Fergus McCaffrey, New York, 2018; Marcia Hafif: Films, Lenbachhaus, Munich, 2018; Marcia Hafif, The Inventory: Paintings, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland, 2017; Marcia Hafif: The Italian Paintings 1961–69, Fergus McCaffrey, New York, 2016; and Marcia Hafif, The Inventory: Paintings, Laguna Art Museum, California, 2015, among others.

Marcia Hafif: The Lure of the Locale, a solo exhibition of the artist’s work, will open in the fall of 2021 at Fergus McCaffrey, New York.

Marcia Hafif died in Laguna Beach, California in April 2018.

Marcia Hafif’s Last Interview (2018)

Editorial

Beginning Againby Marcia Hafif

This article was originally published in the September, 1978 issue of Artforum. The options open to painting in the recent past appeared to be extremely limited. It was not that everything had been done, but rather that the impulses to create which had functioned in the past were no longer urgent or even meaningful.
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ビギニング・アゲイン マーシャ・ハフィフ

最近の絵画における選択肢は非常に限られている。全てがすでに試されたからではなく、過去において機能していたものを再び作ることへの衝動はなくなり、その意義も薄れているからだ。魔術的なイメージを辿ったり、ストーリーを伝えたり、現状を報告したり、絵画上で風景や人物像を一対一の関係で表すこと。
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《重新开始》玛西亚•哈希弗著

最近,留给绘画的选择是相当的限制。这并不是因为所有事情已经做过了,而是以往激发创造的动力现在并不显得紧要或者有意义。描绘神奇的图像、叙述故事、报道、和表现在颜料中的一段景或者一个人物在一种一对一的关系里,这些都不在拥有它们曾经享受过的可信度。
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Recording: Discussion & Q&A with Alanna Heiss & Jarl Mohn on An Extended Gray Scale (1972–73)

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The Paintings of Marcia Hafifby Fergus McCaffrey

In examining the work of Marcia Hafif, it has struck me again how arbitrary recognition can be in the art world. Factors such as gender, age, being in the right place at the right time, one’s name, the credibility of one’s dealer, and pure luck often appear to have greater…
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マーシャ・ハフィフの絵画ファーガス・マカフリー

マーシャ・ハフィフの作品を考察するにつれて、このアート世界がいかに恣意的な認識の中にあるかを改めて思い知らされた。性別、年齢、適切なタイミングで適切な場所にいること、作家の名声、ディーラーの信頼度、または純粋に運などの要素は、作品自体の質よりも、アート作品の受け手に大きな影響を与えるようだ。
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《玛西亚•哈希弗的绘画》弗格斯·麦卡弗雷著

在探讨玛西亚•哈希弗的作品时,我被艺术界中认同的肆意而震惊。像是性别、年龄、在恰当的时间处于恰当的地方、一个名字、一件画商的可信度、还有单纯的运气都有可能比你艺术作品质量的本身去影响你艺术作品的接受度。
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Gallery

11. (Campidpglio), January 1963, $125,000
11. (Campidpglio), January 1963, $125,000
23. (The Spirit), May 1963, RESERVED
23. (The Spirit), May 1963, RESERVED
43., (Far), April 1964, $325,000
43., (Far), April 1964, $325,000
58., 59., 60., 61., 62., 63., (Mirror, Mirror I-VI), November 1964, $475,000
58., 59., 60., 61., 62., 63., (Mirror, Mirror I-VI), November 1964, $475,000
58., 59., 60., 61., 62., 63., (Mirror, Mirror I-VI), November 1964, $475,000
58., 59., 60., 61., 62., 63., (Mirror, Mirror I-VI), November 1964, $475,000
72., March 1965, SOLD
72., March 1965, SOLD
159., October 1967, RESERVED
159., October 1967, RESERVED
158., October 1967, $150,000
158., October 1967, $150,000
March 26, 1972, 1972, $25,000
March 26, 1972, 1972, $25,000
October 21, 1972, 1972, RESERVED
October 21, 1972, 1972, RESERVED
April 13, 1972, 1972, $25,000
April 13, 1972, 1972, $25,000
An Extended Gray Scale, 1972-73, $1,900,00
An Extended Gray Scale, 1972-73, $1,900,00
Mass Tone Painting: English Red, Spring 1973, 1973, $60,000
Mass Tone Painting: English Red, Spring 1973, 1973, $60,000
Mass Tone Painting: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Oct 2, 1973, 1973, $45,000
Mass Tone Painting: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Oct 2, 1973, 1973, $45,000
Mass Tone Painting: Cadmium Red Medium, January 25, 1974, 1974, $550,000
Mass Tone Painting: Cadmium Red Medium, January 25, 1974, 1974, $550,000
Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Violet, Hooker's Green Light, August 21, 1974, 1974, $28,000
Cadmium Orange, Cobalt Violet, Hooker’s Green Light, August 21, 1974, 1974, $28,000
Antwerp Blue, Cobalt Green, Scarlet Lake, September 28, 1974, 1974, RESERVED
Antwerp Blue, Cobalt Green, Scarlet Lake, September 28, 1974, 1974, RESERVED
Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Scarlet, Manganese Blue, Prussian Green, Permanent Magenta, 1974 SOLD
Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Scarlet, Manganese Blue, Prussian Green, Permanent Magenta, 1974 SOLD
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Red, Chrome Oxide Opaque, 1978, $500,000
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Red, Chrome Oxide Opaque, 1978, $500,000
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Orange, Ultramarine Blue, 1978, RESERVED
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Orange, Ultramarine Blue, 1978, RESERVED
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Orange, Ultramarine Blue, 1978, $550,000
Broken Color Painting Cadmium Orange, Ultramarine Blue, 1978, $550,000
Black Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber IV, 1980, $550,000
Black Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber IV, 1980, $550,000
Black Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber VII, 1980, RESERVED
Black Painting: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber VII, 1980, RESERVED
Table of Pigments, 1991, $775,000
Table of Pigments, 1991, $775,000
Marble Dust Paintings: Alp Green, 1994, $50,000
Marble Dust Paintings: Alp Green, 1994, $50,000
Marble Dust Study: Prugna, 1994, $28,000
Marble Dust Study: Prugna, 1994, $28,000
Double Glaze Paintings: Cadmium Red Light/Indian Yellow, 2002
Double Glaze Paintings: Cadmium Red Light/Indian Yellow, 2002
Double Glaze Paintings: Phthalocyanine Green/Indian Yellow, 2002
Double Glaze Paintings: Phthalocyanine Green/Indian Yellow, 2002
Double Glaze Paintings: Alizarin Crimson/Indian Yellow, 2003
Double Glaze Paintings: Alizarin Crimson/Indian Yellow, 2003
Double Glaze Paintings: Sap Green/Indian Yellow, 2003
Double Glaze Paintings: Sap Green/Indian Yellow, 2003
Double Glaze Painting: Terre Verte/Indian Yellow, 2003, SOLD
Double Glaze Painting: Terre Verte/Indian Yellow, 2003, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 3 LB08 (Indigo/Green Earth), 2008, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 3 LB08 (Indigo/Green Earth), 2008, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 4 LB08 (Violet Gray/Indigo), 2008, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 4 LB08 (Violet Gray/Indigo), 2008, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 8 LB08 (Yellow Ochre Light/Indigo), 2008, SOLD
Fresco Painting: 8 LB08 (Yellow Ochre Light/Indigo), 2008, SOLD
Shade Paintings: Group 6 (Scarlet Lake, Scheveningen Orange, Cadmium Yellow, Emerald Green, Ultramarine Blue, Dioxizine Purple), 2013, SOLD
Shade Paintings: Group 6 (Scarlet Lake, Scheveningen Orange, Cadmium Yellow, Emerald Green, Ultramarine Blue, Dioxizine Purple), 2013, SOLD
Shade Paintings: Group 9 (Neutral Tint, Payne's Grey, Davy's Grey, Olive Green), 2014, RESERVED
Shade Paintings: Group 9 (Neutral Tint, Payne’s Grey, Davy’s Grey, Olive Green), 2014, RESERVED

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