Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)

Regal Grey

Details

Kenneth Noland (1924-2010)
Regal Grey
signed, titled and dated 'REGAL GREY Kenneth Noland 1970' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
64 ¼ x 114 1/8 in. (163.1 x 289.8 cm.)
Painted in 1970.

Provenance

Kasmin Limited, London
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1988, lot 141
Private collection, Tokyo
Anon. sale; Christie's East, New York, 7 May 1996, lot 82
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 February 1999, lot 194
Private collection, New York
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 November 2009, lot 205
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Toledo Museum of Art, Kenneth Noland: A Retrospective, April 1977-March 1978, p. 141, no. 102 (illustrated).
Diputación Provincial de Málaga, Sala de Exposiciones Alameda, Post Pictórico-Pop: Noland - Warhol, March-May 2000, p. 39 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

“I think all totally abstract pictures – the best ones that really come off – Newman, Pollock, Kenneth Noland – have tremendous space; perspective space despite the emphasis on flat surface. For example, in Noland a band of yellow in relation to a band of blue and one of orange can move in depth although they are married to the surface. This has become a familiar explanation, but few people really see and feel it that way.” (H. Frankenthaler, in 'Interview with Helen Frankenthaler', Artforum 4. no. 2, October 1965, p. 37)

Regal Grey

Lot Essay

More from Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session