AGNES MARTIN | Untitled

Woody Gwyn, Santa Fe (gift of the artist in 1981)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board at the top two corners. Only visible under very close inspection, there is evidence of very minor handling along the edges of the sheet and the corners are very mildly dulled. The sheet undulates slightly due to the artist's choice of medium and there is evidence of very pale time staining. Only visible under very close inspection, there is evidence of very minor, unobtrusive and intermittent rubbing to a few areas of the applied pigment. There are a few very soft, unobtrusive creases to the right edge of the sheet. Framed under glass.
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“When I think of art, I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection.” Agnes Martin in Beauty is the Mystery of Life, Agnes Martin, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1992, p. 10