Modern & Contemporary Art 
21 June 2023
Modern & Contemporary Art 
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Francesca DiMattio b.1981

Two Umbrellas

2006
oil on canvas 82½ h × 66¼ w in (210 × 168 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,772
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This work is from the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Collection and being sold to benefit the foundation as well as the reopening of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara.
Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Francesca DiMattio 2006 Two Umbrellas’.
provenance: Private Collection, Santa Barbara | Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Collection
exhibited: Opening the Doors to Wonder, 22 January - 2 April 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara

This work will ship from Los Angeles, California.

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I was always interested in finding ways of meeting the familiar very differently, specifically the feminine familiar.

Francesca DiMattio

This work comes from the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Collection. Proceeds from the sale of this work will benefit the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara.

Based in Ojai, California, the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation is a non-profit committed to supporting and advocating for the arts and sciences, founded in 2015 by artists, family, and friends to celebrate the legacy of the esteemed art patron and private art dealer. The foundation's current initiatives include awards for visual artists, as well as The Ojai Institute, an artist-residency program that extends the dialogue between artists and the public through exhibitions and programs. The foundation is also looking forward to supporting upcoming exhibitions with Nora Garza and P Lyn Middleton.

The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation stewards a consortium of individuals and organizations that helped to reopen and continue to support the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB). MCASB seeks to enrich lives and inspire critical thinking through meaningful engagement with the art and ideas of our time. MCASB provides Santa Barbara and the Central Coast with exhibitions and programming that encourage discovery, cultivate new perspectives, and challenge the way we see and experience the world, ourselves, and each other.

Learn more at cgbfoundation.org and mcasantabarbara.org.

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