Lynne Drexler: The Seventies, showcases never-before-seen works of the artist from the 1970s, a pivotal decade in her practice, featuring 20 paintings and 15 works on paper. Drexler (1928–1999) was among the many female artists overshadowed by their male contemporaries, but the market for her work has surged in recent years. Elaborates Sukanya Rajaratnam, who played a key role in shaping Drexler’s market in collaboration with Michael Rancourt of the Lynne Drexler Archive, “The world woke up to Lynne when her painting, Flowered Hundred, 1962 sold at Christie’s for $1,197,000 against an estimate of $40,000-60,000 on March 10, 2022. I immediately realized that the ground was shifting and arranged a meeting with Michael Rancourt to organize two simultaneous shows at Mnuchin Gallery (where I was Partner) and Berry Campbell Gallery that November. We presented her work from the sixties then and positioned her into the context of her Abstract Expressionist peers. As with Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell, both of whom took a long time to gain traction, she was an important voice of that era who did not have a platform. Needless to say, museums and collectors took notice, acquiring her work and cementing their legacy.”

Drexler’s momentum continues, following a recent exhibition at the Farnsworth Museum and upcoming plans for a major retrospective travelling museum show in 2026, launching at the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Recently, at Art Basel Miami, White Cube also placed two significant works: Tribute (1963) for US$800,000 and Final Flowers (1963) for US$725,000.