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Sonia Gechtoff

Sonia Gechtoff

American, 1926–2018

WA-00022202

Philadelphia, PA, USA

PaintingAbstract ExpressionismColor FieldAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

2

Institutional Exhibitions

20

Works in Collection

42

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ13560726

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Drawn and Matched

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Extraordinary Women

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyWikidata· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata· 92%✓
LocationWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata· 92%✓

Source Registry (2)

Kasminhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/sonia-gechtoff
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2104
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Sonia Gechtoff was an American abstract painter whose gestural, large-scale works emerged from the postwar New York School in the 1950s. Working primarily in oil and acrylic, she developed a distinctive approach to color field painting that emphasized spontaneous mark-making and spatial depth. Her canvases balance geometric structure with expressive brushwork, establishing a formal language distinct from her contemporaries. Gechtoff maintained an independent studio practice throughout her career, sustaining engagement with abstraction across six decades.

Source: Kasmin · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Abstract Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

Sea Window, II

1979 · Synthetic polymer paint and pencil on colored paper

39 3/4 x 49 7/8" (101.2 x 126.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Violet Window

1976 · Pencil and synthetic polymer paint on paper

14 x 22" (35.7 x 55.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1975 · Pencil and synthetic polymer paint on paper

15 x 11 7/8" (38 x 30.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon V from 6 Icons

Icon V from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (irreg.): 12 3/16 × 15 7/8" (30.9 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon VI from 6 Icons

Icon VI from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition: 15 1/8 × 18 3/16" (38.4 × 46.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon I from 6 Icon

Icon I from 6 Icon

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 15 3/16" (33.7 × 38.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Colophon page from 6 Icons

Colophon page from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (irreg.): 13 3/8 × 15 9/16" (34 × 39.5 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition: 20 13/16 × 14" (52.8 × 35.6 cm); sheet: 23 3/8 × 15 15/16" (59.3 × 40.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon III from 6 Icons

Icon III from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition: 14 15/16 × 18" (37.9 × 45.7 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 20 15/16 × 27 1/2" (53.2 × 69.8 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 5/16" (56.9 × 77 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon II from 6 Icons

Icon II from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (slightly irreg.): 14 1/16 × 16 15/16" (35.7 × 43 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

6 Icons

1963 · Portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 13 × 10 1/4" (33 × 26 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 3/8" (33.1 × 26.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 20 1/8 × 18 1/4" (51.1 × 46.3 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 × 22 3/16" (60.6 × 56.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition: 20 3/16 × 18 1/4" (51.2 × 46.4 cm); sheet: 24 3/16 × 22 7/16" (61.5 × 57 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Icon IV from 6 Icons

Icon IV from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (irreg.): 13 1/4 × 15 7/16" (33.7 × 39.2 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 3/8" (33.1 × 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1963 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 28 9/16 × 22 3/8" (72.5 × 56.8 cm); sheet: 30 1/4 × 22 3/8" (76.9 × 56.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Title page from 6 Icons

Title page from 6 Icons

1963 · One from a portfolio of eight lithographs (including title page and colophon)

composition (irreg.): 13 7/16 × 16 15/16" (34.2 × 43 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 × 18 1/16" (37.9 × 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

20 published of 40 catalogued · 38 with image

MoMA
20 publishedof 40 catalogued38 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Jazz (Dress or Furnishing Fabric) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

4

Movements3

Abstract Expressionism Color Field Abstract Art

Collections1

Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition American Drawn and Matched

New York · 1977

Group Exhibition Extraordinary Women

New York · 1977