Lot Essay
"I wanted to have color be the origin of the painting… I was trying to neutralize the layout, the shape, the composition … I wanted to make color the generating force." Kenneth Noland
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Let Up
Details
KENNETH NOLAND (1924-2010)
Let Up
signed, titled and dated 'LET UP 1966 Kenneth Noland' (on the reverse)
acrylic on shaped canvas
95 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (242.6 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Let Up
signed, titled and dated 'LET UP 1966 Kenneth Noland' (on the reverse)
acrylic on shaped canvas
95 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (242.6 x 59.7 cm.)
Painted in 1966.
Provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1967
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1967
Literature
M. Fried, "Shape as Form: Frank Stella's New Paintings", in Art Forum International, November 1966, p. 26 (illustrated).
G. Rickey, Constructivism: Origins and Evolution, New York, 1967, p. 141, no. 14 (illustrated).
G. Battcock, Minimal Art, A Critical Anthology, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968, p. 54 (illustrated).
G. Rickey, Constructivism: Origins and Evolution, New York, 1967, p. 141, no. 14 (illustrated).
G. Battcock, Minimal Art, A Critical Anthology, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968, p. 54 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Milwaukee Art Museum, Hidden Treasures Wisconsin Collects, 1987.
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