Jules Olitski (1922-2007)
Property of a Prominent Mid-West Collection

Jules Olitski (1922-2007)

Details
Jules Olitski (1922-2007)
Ishtar Bra
acrylic on canvas
80 x 120 in. (203.2 x 304.8 cm.)
Painted in 1961.
Provenance
Collection of the artist
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York
Anon. sale; Phillips de Pury, New York, 12 November 2002, lot 125
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
K. Moffet, Jules Olitski, New York, 1981, fig. 53 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Madrid, Galleria Metta, Esplendores Y Miedos de la Materia, Meditaciones Sobre la Pintura de Jules Olitski, May 1999.

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Lot Essay

"Like Noland, Olitski favored concentric configurations that nowhere echoed the rectangle's edges; but while Noland stuck to centered circles, Olitski used concentricity as a way to anchor the whole surface or field - to give a sense of interior - without succumbing to the formality of geometry or symmetry. This 'pinning' allows the edges of an open, expanding field to flap free, as it were, while retaining a sense of completeness or focus."

(K. Moffett, Jules Olitski, New York, 1981, p. 34.)

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