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Modern and Contemporary Art
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Explore image in Artist: Al Held, American, 1928–2005
Volta VIII
1978
Acrylic on canvas
unframed: 121.92 × 121.92 cm (48 × 48 in.)
Richard Brown Baker, B.A. 1935, Collection
2008.19.770
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
American
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Andre Emmerich Gallery, 5/3/78
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 208–9, ill.
John Caldwell, “Sum of Show’s Disparate Parts are Whole,” New York Times (October 12, 1980).
Richard Armstrong, Al Held (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1991), fig. 71.
Jennifer Farrell et al., Get There First, Decide Promptly: The Richard Brown Baker Collection of Postwar Art (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 240, 243, fig. 3.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
