Harvard Art Museums > 1963.105: Color Barrier Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Color Barrier (Morris Louis) , 1963.105,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 10, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228222. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1963.105 People Morris Louis, American (Baltimore, MD 1912 - 1962 Washington, DC) Title Color Barrier Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1961 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228222 Physical Descriptions Medium Acrylic resin paint (magna) on canvas Dimensions 232.4 x 152.7 cm (91 1/2 x 60 1/8 in.) framed: 235.6 x 155.6 x 3.8 cm (92 3/4 x 61 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1963 Object Number 1963.105 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History [Unidentified article], The Art Quarterly (1964), ill. p. 105 Highlights from the Collections of the Fogg Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, exh. cat., City Art Museum of St. Louis (St. Louis, 1964), cat. 6 Michael Fried, Morris Louis, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1971), reproduced, no. 158 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 163, ill. James N. Carpenter, Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1974), pp. 40-41, cat. 2, ill. Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1985), no. 430, p. 226, reproduced p. 172 Exhibition History Morris Louis, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 10/01/1961 - 10/31/1961 Highlights from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum and Harvard Alumni of St. Louis, City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 01/30/1964 - 03/01/1964 The 8 Americans in the 1964 Venice Bienniale, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Boston, 06/20/1964 - 07/26/1964 American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 Color in Art: A Tribute to Arthur Pope, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/25/1974 - 06/16/1974 Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977 Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu