Untitled

1961

Robert Ryman

Painter, American, 1930 - 2019

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on linen

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 179.7 x 179.7 cm (70 3/4 x 70 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.61.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 18 May 2001 through (PaceWildenstein, New York) by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Long-term loan, Halle für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, until 2001.

1974

  • Robert Ryman, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1974, no. 16.

1977

  • Robert Ryman, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1977, no. 18.

1980

  • Robert Ryman. Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich; Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris; Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, 1980-1982, nos. 16 (Zurich,Dusseldorf) & 18 (Paris); checklist nos. 16 (Paris) & 18 (Zurich,Dusseldorf)

1991

  • Robert Ryman: Peintures, 1958-1991, Renn, Espace d'art Contemporain, Paris, 1991-1992.

1992

  • De Opening, J.H. De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 1992-1993, no. 49, repro.

1993

  • Peinture. Emblèmes et Références, C.A.P.C., Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, 1993-1994, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

2014

  • Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 24, repro.

Bibliography

1980

  • Frey, Patrick. "The American Robert Ryman at InK: White - An Empire of Colours." In Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, 1980, reprinted in Dokumentation 6 (Ausstellungen im InK), Zurich, 1980: 5-6.

1985

  • Gilbert-Rolfe, Jeremy. "Appreciating Ryman." Arts Magazine 50, no. 4 (December 1975), reprinted in Immanence and Contradiction, New York, 1975: 72-73.

1999

  • Sauer, Christel. "A propos de Robert Ryman." Beaux Arts Magazine, no. 185 (October 1999), repro. 4-5 (installation view) and 18.

  • Buren, Daniel. "Ryman: la resistance de l'invisible." Beaux Arts Magazine, no. 185 (October 1999): 54-61.

  • Raussmüller, Urs, Christel Sauer, Daniel Buren, and Alfred Pacquement. "Robert Ryman." Les Hors-Série de Beaux Arts Magazine, 1999.

2001

  • Weiss, Jeffrey. "Robert Ryman: Untitled, 1961, and Untitled, 1965-1966." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 26 (Fall 2001): 10-11.

2003

  • Humblet, Claudine. La Nouvelle Abstraction Americaine 1950-1970. 3 vols. Milan and Paris, 2003: 2:1281.

2004

  • Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 459, no. 388, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower center: RYMAN / 61

Wikidata ID

Q20195657

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