Lot 264
  • 264

Agnes Martin

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Agnes Martin
  • Untitled I
  • acrylic and graphite on canvas
  • 72 by 72 in. 183 by 183 cm.
  • Executed in 1982.

Provenance

Pace Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer, San Francisco
William Doyle Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Pace Gallery, Agnes Martin: New Paintings, December 1982 - January 1983
London, The Mayor Gallery, Agnes Martin: Recent Paintings, February - March 1984
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Milwaukee Art Museum; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum; Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte de Reina Sofía, Agnes Martin, November 1992 - February 1994, p. 82, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. Please refer to the following condition report prepared by Terrence Mahon.
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Catalogue Note

"I hope I have made it clear that the work is about perfection as we are aware of it in our minds but that the paintings are very far from being perfect--completely removed in fact - even as we ourselves are." - Agnes Martin