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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1978.126
People
Agnes Martin, American (Maklin, Saskatchewan, Canada 1912 - 2004 Taos, NM)
Title
Untitled
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1977
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299934

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Colored pencil, graphite, and watercolor on thin off-white wove paper
Dimensions
30.3 × 30.3 cm (11 15/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
frame: 39 × 39 × 3.5 cm (15 3/8 × 15 3/8 × 1 3/8 in.)
mat: 38.1 × 38.1 cm (15 × 15 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ball-point pen, l.r.: A. Martin '77
  • inscription: upper center, graphite: TOP
  • inscription: verso, upper center, black ball-point pen: TOP
  • gallery label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: no. 7273

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Pace Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, National Endowment for the Arts and Deknatel Purchase Funds
Copyright
© Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1978
Object Number
1978.126
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • James Cuno and Lisa Andersen, Minimalism and Post-Minimalism: Drawing Distinctions, exh. cat., Hood Museum of Art (Hanover, NH, 1990), cat. no. 11, pp. 38-39, repr.
  • Barbara Haskell, Agnes Martin, exh. cat., Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1992), repr. in color p. 83; checklist, p. 185
  • Mona Schieren, Agnes Martin Transkulturelle Übersetzung zur Konstruktion Asianistischer Ästhetiken in der Amerikanischen Kunst Nach 1945, Verlag Silke Schreiber (Munich, 2016), p. 9, 12, fig. 1, ill. (color)
  • Joachim Homann, Margaret Morgan Grasselli, and Miriam Stewart, ed., American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, 2023), repr. as pl. 69 on p. 140

Exhibition History

  • Agnes Martin: Fifty Small Paintings at Pace, Pace Gallery, New York, 03/25/1978 - 04/22/1978
  • Minimalism and Post-Minimalism: Drawing Distinctions, Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, 10/27/1990 - 12/16/1990
  • Agnes Martin Retrospective, Center for Fine Arts, Miami, Miami, 05/22/1993 - 08/01/1993
  • Modern Art for Harvard: Prints and Drawings Acquired through the Generosity of Frederick B. and Virginia H. Deknatel, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/31/1995 - 08/06/1995
  • American Watercolors, 1880–1990: Into the Light, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/20/2023 - 08/13/2023

Verification Level

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