Kenneth Noland

Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Boulder
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, London
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Adelson Galleries, New York
Ameringer-Yohe Fine Art, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Houston, Museum of Fine Art, Kenneth Noland: The Nature of Color, November 2004 - March 2005, p. 33, illustrated in color
Enschede, Netherlands, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Abstract USA 1958 - 1968: In the Galleries, September 2010 - February 2011, cat. no. 19, p. 56, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There are some scattered surface accretions which floresce brightly under ultraviolet light inspection primarily located in the maroon painted area. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"The question we always discussed was what to make art about.  We didn't want anything symbolic like say, Gottlieb, or geometric in the old sense of Albers.  The Abstract Expressionists painted the appearance or symbol of action, the depiction of gesture.  We wanted the appearance to be the result of the process of making it- not necessarily to look like a gesture, but to be the result of real handling." - Kenneth Noland