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Property from an Important European Collection Sold to Benefit the Collegium Museum
AGNES MARTIN (1912-2004)
The Desert
Details
AGNES MARTIN (1912-2004)
The Desert
signed, titled and dated '"THE DESERT" 1965 a. martin' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965
The Desert
signed, titled and dated '"THE DESERT" 1965 a. martin' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Executed in 1965
Provenance
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
Charles Cowles, Los Angeles, circa 1965
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
C. David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 42
Eli and Edythe L. Broad, Los Angeles
Private collection, acquired from the above, 2014
By descent from the above to the present owner
Charles Cowles, Los Angeles, circa 1965
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
C. David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 16 May 2007, lot 42
Eli and Edythe L. Broad, Los Angeles
Private collection, acquired from the above, 2014
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
J. E. Young, “Los Angeles,” Art International, vol. 14, no. 3, 20 March 1970, p. 85.
R. Anastas, et al., Agnes Martin, New York, 2014, pp. 107 and 122.
H. Atter, “Artist Agnes Martin’s ‘Calm, Tranquil Works’ Brought to Saskatchewan,” CBC News, 27 January 2019, digital (detail illustrated).
T. Bell, ed., Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, digital, ongoing, no. 1965.021 (illustrated).
R. Anastas, et al., Agnes Martin, New York, 2014, pp. 107 and 122.
H. Atter, “Artist Agnes Martin’s ‘Calm, Tranquil Works’ Brought to Saskatchewan,” CBC News, 27 January 2019, digital (detail illustrated).
T. Bell, ed., Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, digital, ongoing, no. 1965.021 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Agnes Martin, December 1965-January 1966.
Pasadena Art Museum; Palo Alto, Stanford Museum; Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery and Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Young Artists of the Sixties: The Charles Cowles Collection, June 1967-December 1969, n.p., no. 41 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Agnes Martin: Paintings 1963-1968, January 1970.
Portland Art Museum, July-November 2007 (extended loan).
New York, Pace, Agnes Martin, Richard Tuttle: Crossing Lines, November 2017-January 2018.
Pasadena Art Museum; Palo Alto, Stanford Museum; Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery and Ridgefield, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Young Artists of the Sixties: The Charles Cowles Collection, June 1967-December 1969, n.p., no. 41 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Agnes Martin: Paintings 1963-1968, January 1970.
Portland Art Museum, July-November 2007 (extended loan).
New York, Pace, Agnes Martin, Richard Tuttle: Crossing Lines, November 2017-January 2018.
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