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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Al Held

Black/White XVIII

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November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

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80,000 - 120,000 USD

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A Legacy of Innovation: Works From The Collection of William S. Paley Sold to Benefit the Museum of Modern Art and other Charitable Organizations

Al Held

1928 - 2005


Black/White XVIII

acrylic on canvas

40⅛ by 38⅛ in.

101.9 by 99.4 cm.

Executed in 1968.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York
William S. Paley, New York (acquired from the above in March 1969)
Acquired by bequest in 1990 by the William S. Paley Foundation
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, Al Held, 1969
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art & Houston, Contemporary Arts Association, Al Held: Recent Paintings, 1968-1969, illustrated (on the inside cover)
New York, Museum of Modern Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Seattle Art Museum; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; San Diego Museum of Art; Baltimore Museum of Art; New Orleans Museum of Art, The William S. Paley Collection, 1992-1994, no. 29, pp. 62-63 and 157, illustrated in color
San Francisco, de Young Museum; Portland Museum of Art; Quebec, Fine Arts Museum and BentonvilleCrystal Bridges, The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism, 2012-2014, no. 29, pp. 62-63, illustrated in color