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Agnes Martin
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Description
- Agnes Martin
- Untitled #2
- signed and dated 1991 on the reverse
- acrylic and graphite on canvas
- 72 x 72 in. 182.9 x 182.9 cm.
Provenance
PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1996
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1996
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden; Westfalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst and Kulturgeschichte; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Vienna, University of Applied Arts, Agnes Martin: Paintings and Drawings, 1974 - 1990, May 1991 - June 1992
Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, Agnes Martin: Paintings from 1991 & 1992, January - March 1994
Stockholm, Konstall, Agnes Martin, May - September 1994
Saskatchewan, MacKenzie Art Gallery; Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Agnes Martin, April - September 1995, p. 13, illustrated in color
Cologne, Galerie Michael Werner, Agnes Martin: Paintings from 1991 & 1992, January - March 1994
Stockholm, Konstall, Agnes Martin, May - September 1994
Saskatchewan, MacKenzie Art Gallery; Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, University Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Agnes Martin, April - September 1995, p. 13, illustrated in color
Catalogue Note
People think that painting is about color
It's mostly about composition
It's composition that's the whole thing
The classic image -
Two late Tang dishes, one with the flower image,
one empty - the empty form goes all the way to heaven
It is the classic form - lighter weight
Agnes Martin, "The Untroubled Mind", Writings, 1992, p. 35