David Byrd • Catalogue Raisonné

Catalogue entry

P19

Sparring Partners

1954

Oil on canvas

27 x 34 in. (68.6 x 86.4 cm)

Signed and dated upper left pencil: BYRD

Private collection

Provenance

David Byrd Estate

Private collection

Exhibitions

2013 Martin-Mullen Gallery

Martin-Mullen Gallery, State University of New York, Oneonta, New York, David Byrd: Seeing What is There, November 11–December 20, 2013, ill. in color, n.p.

2024 Matthew Brown Gallery

Matthew Brown Gallery, 712 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, David Byrd at Matthew Brown Gallery, February 22–March 30, 2024.

Literature

Martin-Mullen Gallery Brochure 2013

David Byrd: Seeing What is There. Sketches, Paintings, Sculpture. Oneonta, NY: Martin Mullen Art Gallery, State University of NY at Oneonta, 2013. Exhibition brochure.

Farrell 2024

Farrell, Jessica. "Bird's Eye View: Archiving David Byrd's Legacy." David Bryd Catalogue Raisonné (Sidney Center, NY), August 2024.

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Record last updated January 31, 2025. Please note the catalogue is an evolving project and continually updated with new information that best reflects David Byrd's legacy.

Citation: Isaacson, Jody and Jessica Farrell. "Sparring Partners, 1954 (P19)." In David Byrd Catalogue Raisonné. Sidney Center, NY: David Byrd Estate. www.davidbyrdcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=22 (accessed on September 29, 2026).