Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)

Flares: Last Grunion

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Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)
Flares: Last Grunion
signed, titled and dated 'FLARES: "LAST GRUNIONS" Kenneth Noland © 1990' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas mounted on wood and Plexiglas construction
84 x 38 1/4 in. (213.3 x 97.1 cm.)
Executed in 1990.

Provenance

Private collection, New York, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Beverly Hills, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Kenneth Noland: Paintings 1952-1990, October-November 1990.

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Lot Essay

"Noland’s mature works owe much to Mondrian in their classic purity, chromatic breakdown of space and the optical effects of forms which seem to advance and retreat while simultaneously occupying a single plane" (D. Waldman, Kenneth Noland: A Retrospective, New York, 1977, p. 11)

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