Lot Essay
(fig. 1) Installation view of exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, 1969, with Horizontal I in the center.
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Horizontal I
Details
Morris Louis (1912-1962)
Horizontal I
bears signature and number 'M. Louis #427' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
32¼ x 115½ in. (82 x 293.3 cm.)
Painted in 1962
Horizontal I
bears signature and number 'M. Louis #427' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
32¼ x 115½ in. (82 x 293.3 cm.)
Painted in 1962
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery Inc., New York.
Marshall S. and Maureen Cogan, New York.
Marshall S. and Maureen Cogan, New York.
Literature
J. Coplans, Serial Imagery, Pasadena Art Museum, p. 74 (illustrated).
A. Goldin, "Morris Louis: Thinking the Unwordable," Artnews, 67, April 1968, pp. 48-49 and 67-69 (illustrated in color, p. 48).
M. Fried, Morris Louis, New York, 1970, pl. 176 (illustrated in color).
D. Swanson, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle, Minneapolis, 1977, p. 11 (illustrated).
K. Moffett, Morris Louis in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1979, p. 38.
D. Upright, Morris Louis, The Complete Paintings, New York, 1985, p. 242, no. 652 (illustrated in color, p. 191).
A. Goldin, "Morris Louis: Thinking the Unwordable," Artnews, 67, April 1968, pp. 48-49 and 67-69 (illustrated in color, p. 48).
M. Fried, Morris Louis, New York, 1970, pl. 176 (illustrated in color).
D. Swanson, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle, Minneapolis, 1977, p. 11 (illustrated).
K. Moffett, Morris Louis in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 1979, p. 38.
D. Upright, Morris Louis, The Complete Paintings, New York, 1985, p. 242, no. 652 (illustrated in color, p. 191).
Exhibited
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Morris Louis, April-May 1968.
London, Hayward Gallery (no. 38, illustrated in color); Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle (no. 32, illustrated in color); Humblebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (no. 22); Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Morris Louis, 1974-1975, (no. 32 illustrated in color)
London, Hayward Gallery (no. 38, illustrated in color); Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle (no. 32, illustrated in color); Humblebaek, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (no. 22); Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Morris Louis, 1974-1975, (no. 32 illustrated in color)
Sale room notice
Please note the work bears the signature and inscription 'M. Louis #427' (on the reverse).