Red Canvas
1967
Painter, American, born 1941
Artwork overview
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Medium
dyed canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 148.59 × 139.7 cm (58 1/2 × 55 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.129
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Purchased before 25 February 1969 by Jock Truman [1920-2011], New York;[1] his partner, Eric Green, New York; gift 1 December 1969 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Letter, 25 February 1969, from Truman (who was the artist's dealer) to James Harithas, Corcoran director; in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City, 1968.
1969
Thirty-first Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 February - 16 March 1969, no. 71, repro.
Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 19 May - 6 July 1969, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1979
Cloth Octagonals, Kunstgesellschaft Zurich, 15 November 1979 - March 1980.
1998
The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.
2006
Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006-2007.
2008
The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.
Bibliography
1975
Tucker, Marcia. Richard Tuttle. New York, 1975: 5-9.
Inscriptions
none
Wikidata ID
Q46638442