Lot Essay
(fig. 1) The back view of Yad.
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Yad
Details
Morris Louis (1912-1962)
Yad
acrylic on canvas
91 x 140¾ in. (231.1 x 357.5 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Yad
acrylic on canvas
91 x 140¾ in. (231.1 x 357.5 cm.)
Painted in 1958
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, Inc., New York.
Waddington Galleries, London.
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.
David Geffen, New York.
Norman and Frances Lear, New York.
Waddington Galleries, London.
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles.
David Geffen, New York.
Norman and Frances Lear, New York.
Literature
M. Fried, Morris Louis, New York, 1970, pl. 36 (illustrated).
B. Boles, "Color and Its Continuity," Sunday Review (Sydney Australia), 6 August 1971, B 275 (illustrated).
E. Lynn, "Louis in Australia," Art International, 15 (November 1971), pp. 30-31 (illustrated).
D. Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, New York 1985, p. 204, no. 140 (illustrated in color, p. 145).
B. Boles, "Color and Its Continuity," Sunday Review (Sydney Australia), 6 August 1971, B 275 (illustrated).
E. Lynn, "Louis in Australia," Art International, 15 (November 1971), pp. 30-31 (illustrated).
D. Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, New York 1985, p. 204, no. 140 (illustrated in color, p. 145).
Exhibited
Seattle Art Museum, Morris Louis: Veils and Unfurleds, July-August 1967, no. 4.
Paris, United States Embassy, 1968.
Honolulu Academy of Arts; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Auckland City Art Gallery, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Morris Louis, April 1971-February 1972, no. 1 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Denver Art Museum; Fort Worth Museum of Art; Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, and Baltimore Museum of Art, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle, February 1977-January 1978, no. 13.
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Key Works: A Review of the Season, Summer 1978.
London, Waddington Galleries, Morris Louis Paintings, May 1979 (illustrated in color on the cover).
Paris, United States Embassy, 1968.
Honolulu Academy of Arts; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Auckland City Art Gallery, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Morris Louis, April 1971-February 1972, no. 1 (illustrated).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Denver Art Museum; Fort Worth Museum of Art; Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art, and Baltimore Museum of Art, Morris Louis: The Veil Cycle, February 1977-January 1978, no. 13.
New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Key Works: A Review of the Season, Summer 1978.
London, Waddington Galleries, Morris Louis Paintings, May 1979 (illustrated in color on the cover).