James Brooks

Estate of the Artist
Washburn Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Waltham, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum; The Baltimore Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art; University of California, Los Angeles, Art Galleries, James Brooks, February 1963 - February 1964, cat. no. 47, pp. 13 and 53, illustrated
New York, Finch College Museum of Art and New York, Martha Jackson Gallery; East Hampton, Guild Hall Museum; Flint Institute of Arts; Grand Rapids Art Museum; Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, James Brooks: Paintings 1952–1972, Works on Paper 1950–1975 and Paintings 1973–1975, April - October 1975, cat. no. 31, pp. 9, 31 and 37, illustrated 
Southampton, The Parrish Art Museum; Storrs, The University of Connecticut, The William Benton Museum of Art; New York, Zabriskie Gallery, 17 Abstract Artists of East Hampton: The Pollock Years 1946–56, July 1980 - January 1981, cat. no. 3 (alternately titled Argrae)

This work is in fairly good condition overall. There is evidence of scattered craquelure particularly in the more heavily painted areas, most noticeably an area located 9 inches from the bottom and 13 inches from the left edge. Additionally, there are scattered paint losses, the largest of which measures ½ inch and is located 9 inches from the bottom edge and 6 inches from the right edge. There are a pair of ¼ inch paint losses located 5 ½ inches from the bottom edge and 11 ¾ inches from the left edge which appear to have been previously stabilized with a glossy adhesive. Framed under Plexiglas.
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