the new york school which represented the new york abstract expressionists of the 1950s was documented through a series of artists' committee invitational exhibitions commencing with the 9th street art exhibition in 1951 and followed by consecutive exhibitions at the stable gallery, nyc: second annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, 1953; third annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, 1954; fourth annual exhibition of painting and sculpture, 1955; fifth annual exhibitions of painting and sculpture, 1956 and sixth new york artists’ annual exhibition, 1957.