PH-115
1951
Artist, American, 1904 - 1980
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of Marcia S. Weisman, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 274.3 x 234.9 cm (108 x 92 1/2 in.)
framed: 280.7 x 236.2 x 4.4 cm (110 1/2 x 93 x 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1990.126.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; gift to Frederick R. Weisman [1912-1994], Los Angeles;[1] acquired 1979 by Marcia S. Weisman [1918-1991], Los Angeles;[2] gift (partial and promised) 1990 to NGA; gift completed 1993.
[1] In interviews pubished in the catalogue of a 1983 exhibition that included the painting, both Frederick and Marcia Weisman recounted the story of the gift. See: Julia Brown and Bridget Johnson, eds., The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections, 1940-1980: Dominique De Menil, Howard and Jean Lipman, Drs. Peter and Irene Ludwig, Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza Di Biumo, Robert A. Rowan, Charles and Doris Saatchi, Taft and Rita Schreiber, The Weisman Family, exh. cat., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983: 115, 130.
[2] The Weismans divided their collection at the time of their 1979 divorce.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1980
Clyfford Still Memorial Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980, no catalogue.
1983
The First Show: Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections, 1940-1980: Dominique de Menil, Howard and Jean Lipman, Drs Peter and Irene Ludwig, Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza di Biumo, Robert a Rowan, Charles and Doris Saatchi, Taft and Rita Schreiber, the Weisman family, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1983-1984, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1986
Individuals: A Selected History of Contemporary Art, 1945-1986, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986-1988, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 396-397, color repro.
1992
Selections from the Marcia Simon Weisman Collection, The Menil Collection, Houston, 1992, unpaginated and unnumbered brochure, color repro.
2001
Clyfford Still: Paintings, 1944-1960, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 2001, no. 28, repro.
2014
Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, no. 6, repro.
Bibliography
2004
Hand, John Oliver. National Gallery of Art: Master Paintings from the Collection. Washington and New York, 2004: 450-451, no. 379, color repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20194456