View full screen - View 1 of Lot 114. Alpha Group III.

Jack Whitten

Alpha Group III

Auction Closed

May 16, 01:17 AM GMT

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jack Whitten

1939 - 2018


Alpha Group III

signed and titled thrice, dated 1975 twice and dated '75 (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

42 by 42 in.

106.7 by 106.7 cm.

Executed in 1975.

The artist

Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp

Acquired from the above by the present owner 

Kyle Chayka, “In Painting We Discover Demons,” Hyperallergic, 20 February 2013, illustrated in color (detail) (online)

Aruna D’Souza, "Jack Whitten’s ‘Lost Chapter,’ Now at Dia:Beacon," The New York Times, 28 December 2022, illustrated in color (online)

Savannah, SCAD Museum of Art, Jack Whitten: Erasures, December 2012 - March 2013

New York, Dia Beacon, Jack Whitten: The Greek Alphabet Paintings, November 2022 - July 2023, pp. 27, 47 (text) and pp. 57, 155, 222, illustrated in color