Lot Essay
"A work of art is successful when there is a hint of perfection present – At the slightest hint… the work is alive." - Agnes Martin (A. Martin, Agnes Martin: Writings, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 1991, p. 32.)
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Untitled #2
Details
AGNES MARTIN (1912-2004)
Untitled #2
signed and dated 'a martin 99' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999.
Untitled #2
signed and dated 'a martin 99' (on the reverse)
acrylic and graphite on canvas
12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1999.
Provenance
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Private collection, London
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Private collection, London
Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zürich
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
T. Bell, ed., Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné: Paintings, New York, 2019-ongoing, digital, no. 1999.002 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Royal Botanic Garden, Agnes Martin: New Paintings, August-October 1999.
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