Jay DeFeo

Her work is associated with abstract expressionism.

She was employed by Mills College at Northeastern University. She worked at Florence, Berkeley and Oakland.

What the record establishes about Jay DeFeo.

Untitled (Nervous Breakdown Couch for Ruth) is dated 1973 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2009.645). Ring No. 4 (for Shirley Berman) is dated 1972 and held by Smithsonian American Art Museum (inventory 2005.5.17). Untitled (Shoetree series) is dated 1977 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2023.57). Untitled (Florence) is dated 1952 and held by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (inventory 2001.97.2). Applaud the Black Fact is dated 1958 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 93.103). Crescent Bridge II is dated 1971 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2002.329).

Mountain No. 2 is dated 1955 and held by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (inventory 1995.2). The Jewel is catalogued and held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art (inventory AC1998.47.1). The Verónica is dated 1957 and held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (inventory 73.38). Easter Lily is dated 1956 and held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (inventory 72.46). Untitled is dated 1960 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 2011.146a-b). The Annunciation is dated 1958 and held by Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1997.139).

Incision is catalogued and held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (inventory 67.89). The Rose is dated 1962 and held by Whitney Museum of American Art (inventory 95.170). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art records 3 objects associated with this heading. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco records 2 objects associated with this heading. Los Angeles County Museum of Art records 1 object associated with this heading. Whitney Museum of American Art records 5 objects associated with this heading.

Smithsonian American Art Museum records 1 object associated with this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 5 objects associated with this name.

What Jay DeFeo produced.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 1 work under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 13 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 4 works under this heading.

The identifiers under which Jay DeFeo may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Jay DeFeo is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q15522104.

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1952 to 2002.

Mountain No. 2, dated 1955, held by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, inventory 1995.2. Untitled (Florence), dated 1952, held by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, inventory 2001.97.2. The Annunciation, dated 1958, held by Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.139. Ring No. 4 (for Shirley Berman), dated 1972, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2005.5.17. The Jewel, held by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, inventory AC1998.47.1. The Verónica, dated 1957, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inventory 73.38. Easter Lily, dated 1956, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inventory 72.46. Incision, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inventory 67.89. Untitled, dated 1960, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2011.146a-b. The Rose, dated 1962, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 95.170. Applaud the Black Fact, dated 1958, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 93.103. Crescent Bridge I, dated 1971, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2002.279. Crescent Bridge II, dated 1971, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 2002.329. Jay DeFeo, dated 1984. Jay DeFeo: Ingredients of alchemy, before and after the rose, dated 2002. Untitled (Nervous Breakdown Couch for Ruth), dated 1973, gelatin silver print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2009.645.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 7 named public collections.

Whitney Museum of American Art: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Smithsonian American Art Museum: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

DeFeo, Jay, Oxford Art Online, 2010. Jay DeFeo: Selected Works 1952-1989, Woman's Art Journal, 1998. Mark Van Proyen. Review of "Jay DeFeo: A Retrospective" by Dana Miller., caa.reviews, 2013. Jay DeFeo: The Transcendental Rose, American Art, 1998. Jay DeFeo: a retrospective, Choice Reviews Online, 2013. Judith Delfiner, Jay DeFeo. Études xérographiques, Bruxelles, Éditions la Part de l’Œil, 2023, 424 p., 257 ill. NB et coul., 36,00 €, Les Cahiers du Musée national d’art moderne, 2025. Judith Delfiner, Jay DeFeo. Études xérographiques, Transbordeur, 2025. Jay DeFeo’s Dialectics of Painting, Getty Research Journal, 2023. The Roses of Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner: Belated Thoughts on Intermediality and Friendship, Interfaces, 2022. Essay: On Jay DeFeo's The Rose, 2022. Artist's Model/ Model Artist: Wallace Berman's Photographs of Jay DeFeo, 2017. Coral and lichen, brains and bowels : Jay DeFeo’s hybrid abstraction, 2015.

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1221222988). Those registers additionally record the form The Jay DeFeo Foundation.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Jay DeFeo studied at University of California, Berkeley and San José High School.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are painting and abstract art. The authority associates the name with abstract expressionism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence, Berkeley and Oakland. Employment is recorded with Mills College at Northeastern University.

Work by Jay DeFeo is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.