Illumination Artist: Morris Louis (American, 1912–1962)

1962

Modern and Contemporary Art

Not on view
Medium

Plastic paint on canvas

Dimensions

83 × 12 5/16 in. (210.8 × 31.2 cm)
framed: 81 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (206.4 × 34.3 × 3.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935

Accession Number

1986.97.2

Culture
Period

20th century

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Andre Emmerich Gallery, 3/28/63
Bibliography
  • James Prosek and Edith Devaney, James Prosek: Art, Artifact, Artifice, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2020), 27, pl. 6
  • Fortissimo!: Thirty years from the Richard Brown Baker Collection of contemporary art, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1985), 42, 72, 140, no. 88, ill
  • Art of the 50's and 60's: Selections from the Richard Brown Baker Collection, exh. cat. (Ridgefield, Conn.: The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 1965), no. 64, ill
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Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre)

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