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(1997-2003) Phaedra

Painted by Beck when she was in her mid-70s, the “Phaedra" cycle was the last of her great mythological cycles. Beck had retired as a Professor of Art at Queens College in 1990, however, when she was invited to join the faculty of the New York Studio School a few years later, she could not resist the opportunity to resume teaching. Teaching had always been a nourishing and enlivening activity that acted as an energizing, propulsive force behind her painting practice, and so it proved to be in Beck's elder years. The tragedy of Phaedra, based on a play by Euripides, is the means by which Beck framed the series’ primary figures: Phaedra’s Nurse and the Attendants. These latter working women - a nod to the foreground figures in "The Spinners" by her venerated master, Velazquez - busily adorn the walls around their queen with large bolts of cloth, as if to mark out the space as female territory. These women are always on their feet, engaged in physical labor that seems incidental to the drama playing out in their midst. Yet their omnipresent activity cannot be ignored. The image of a woman handling cloth with professional skill inevitably leads us back to Beck herself, a woman who demonstrates assured mastery of the wrought canvas, whether painted or sewn.

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  1. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 1998

    Oil on cardboard

    12 x 15 in (30.48 x 38.1 cm)

  2. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2001

    Oil on linen

    13 x 20 in (33.02 x 50.8 cm)

  3. Study after Phaedra, Image 1.

    Study after Phaedra, 2003

    Gouache

    7.5 x 11 in (19.05 x 27.94 cm)

  4. Study for Phaedra's Nurse, Image 2.

    Study for Phaedra's Nurse, 1998

    Oil On Canvas

    16 x 13 in (40.64 x 33.02 cm)

  5. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 1998

    Oil On Canvas

    44 x 30 in (111.76 x 76.2 cm)

  6. Study after Phaedra, Image 1.

    Study after Phaedra, c. 2001

    Gouache

    9.75 x 7.5 in (24.77 x 19.05 cm)

  7. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, c. 1999

    Oil on linen

    60 x 52 in (152.4 x 132.08 cm)

  8. Study After Phaedra, Image 1.

    Study After Phaedra, 2003

    Gouache

    9 x 7 in (22.86 x 17.78 cm)

  9. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 1998

    Oil on linen

    40 x 52 in (101.6 x 132.08 cm)

  10. Study: Phaedra, Image 1.

    Study: Phaedra, 1998

    Oil On Canvas

    20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.64 cm)

  11. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2001

    Oil on linen

    14 x 11.5 in (35.56 x 29.21 cm)

  12. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2002

    Oil on linen

    58 x 50 in (147.32 x 127.0 cm)

  13. Study: Phaedra, Image 1.

    Study: Phaedra, 2002

    Oil on linen

    16 x 14 in (40.64 x 35.56 cm)

  14. Portfolio Box #1837 [1997-2002] Phaedra, Oils on Paper, Image 4.

    Portfolio Box #1837 [1997-2002] Phaedra, Oils on Paper

    Oils

  15. Untitled "red Phaedra", Image 1.

    Untitled "red Phaedra", 1998

    Oil on Paper

    11 x 15 in (27.94 x 38.1 cm)

  16. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2001

    cloth embroidery

    17.5 x 15 in (44.45 x 38.1 cm)

  17. Phaedra, Image 2.

    Phaedra, 1999

    Oil on linen

    14 x 21 in (35.56 x 53.34 cm)

  18. Death of Phaedra by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 1.

    Death of Phaedra, c. 2001

    54 x 72 in (137.16 x 182.88 cm)

  19. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2001

    Oil on linen

    64 x 45 in (162.56 x 114.3 cm)

  20. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2000

    Oil on linen

    70 x 56 in (177.8 x 142.24 cm)

  21. Portfolio #1463 Phaedra, Kishiko, Tuscany [1997-2002] by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 10.

    Portfolio #1463 Phaedra, Kishiko, Tuscany [1997-2002], c. 1999

    Oils

  22. Sketchbook #2028 Pencil and ink ketches [2001] Self Portrait, Studio, Phaedra, Kishiko, Image 7.

    Sketchbook #2028 Pencil and ink ketches [2001] Self Portrait, Studio, Phaedra, Kishiko, 2001

    Sketchbook

    8.5 x 5.5 in (21.59 x 13.97 cm)

  23. Phaedra, Image 2.

    Phaedra, 2002

    Oil on linen

    50 x 58 in (127.0 x 147.32 cm)

  24. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 1999

    Oil on linen

    52 x 64 in (132.08 x 162.56 cm)

  25. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2001

    Oil on linen

    54 x 70 in (137.16 x 177.8 cm)

  26. Portfolio 1610 Kishiko, Earthly Paradise, Phaedra, Tuscany [1978-2000] Oils and acrylics, Image 10.

    Portfolio 1610 Kishiko, Earthly Paradise, Phaedra, Tuscany [1978-2000] Oils and acrylics, c. 1997

    Oils

  27. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 2000

    Oil on linen

    52 x 50 in (132.08 x 127.0 cm)

  28. Phaedra, Image 1.

    Phaedra, 1998

    Oil on Paper

    20 x 15 in (50.8 x 38.1 cm)

  29. Portfolio #1464 Phaedra, Earthly Paradise [1994-1998], Image 10.

    Portfolio #1464 Phaedra, Earthly Paradise [1994-1998]

    Oils

  30. Study: Phaedra's Nurse, Image 1.

    Study: Phaedra's Nurse, 1998

    Oil On Canvas

    18 x 14 in (45.72 x 35.56 cm)

  31. Portfolio #1664 Oils [1998-2000] Antigone, Phaedra, Niobe by Rosemarie Beck (Rosemarie Beck Foundation), Image 3.

    Portfolio #1664 Oils [1998-2000] Antigone, Phaedra, Niobe, c. 1999

    Oils