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Lot 58
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Morris Louis

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Description

  • Morris Louis
  • Alphard
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 85 3/4 by 54 in.
  • 217.8 by 137.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1961.

Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1976

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Morris Louis: Major Themes and Variations, September 1976 - January 1977, cat. no. 14, illustrated in color

Literature

David Tannous, Washington Calendar Magazine, October 1976, p. 18, illustrated in color
Martha McWilliams Wright, "Sovereign Color: Morris Louis in Washington", New Lugano Review 3, 1977, pp. 60 and 64, illustrated in color
Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, cat. no. 481, p. 176 and 230, illustrated in color