Ad Reinhardt

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180,000 - 250,000 USD

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Description

Ad Reinhardt
Abstract Painting
signed twice, titled and dated 1952 twice on the backing board
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
24 3/4 by 12 1/2 in. 62.9 by 31.8 cm.

Provenance

Temple Beth Elohim, Brooklyn
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1952

Exhibited

Brooklyn, Temple Beth Elohim, Art Show, 1952

Literature

"[Ad] can't play the game anymore, but nobody can get around the paintings anymore either. If you don't know what they're about you don't know what painting is about."

Frank Stella in Lucy R. Lippard, Ad Reinhardt, New York 1981, p. 116