Morris Louis
Alpha Beta
Magna on canvas
102 ½ by 159 ¼ in.
260.4 by 404.5 cm.
Executed in 1960.
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Details
102 ½ by 159 ¼ in.
260.4 by 404.5 cm.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
The Collection of Eileen and I.M. Pei, New York (acquired from the above by 1970)
Christie’s New York, 14 November 2019, lot 673 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibition
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts and The St. Louis Art Museum, Morris Louis: 1912-1962, February - August 1967, no. 36, p. 58, illustrated (dated 1961)
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Morris Louis: Major Themes and Variations, September 1976 - January 1977, no. 7, n.p., illustrated in color
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Fort Worth Art Museum and Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Morris Louis, October 1986 - July 1987, p. 62; pp. 66-67; pp. 138-39, illustrated in color and p. 180
New York, Yares Art, Fields of Color V, September 2025 - March 2026
Literature
Michael Fried, Morris Louis, New York 1970, pl. 119, illustrated in color
Elwin Lynn, “Louis in Australia,” Art International, vol. 15, iss. 9, 20 November 1971, p. 30
Paul Richard, “Morris Louis' ‘Unfurled’ Colors, Awesome Art,” The Washington Post, 12 September 1976, p. G1, illustrated in color
Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, New York 1985, no. 356, p. 108, illustrated in color; p. 165, illustrated in color and p. 220
Diane Upright, ed., Morris Louis, Baltimore 2015 - ongoing, no. ML 3-89, illustrated in color (online)