Pink Alert

1966

Jules Olitski

Artist, American, born Soviet Union (now Ukraine), 1922 - 2007

A field of mostly rose pink shifts to canary yellow along the left third of this vertical, abstract painting. Most of the painting is blended so it looks almost like colored mist. Visible brushstrokes line the sides and bottom edges of the canvas. Along the left edge are three thin strokes in carnation pink, harvest yellow, and white. Along the bottom are streaks of leaf green, carnation pink, and slate blue. To the right are hot pink and lilac purple.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired 1967 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Thirtieth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 24 February-19 April 1967.

1986

  • Friends of the Corcoran 25th Anniversary Exhibition: Selections from Acquisitions by the Friends of the Corcoran, 1961-1985, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 14-30 March 1986, unnumbered checklist.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2010

  • Washington Color and Light, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2010-2011, no catalogue.

Bibliography

2021

  • Stephenson, Erin. "The Evolving and Elusive Facture of Jules Olitski." Facture: conservation, science, art history 5 (2021): 64-87, 65 unnumbered fig. (detail), fig. 2.

Wikidata ID

Q46638226

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