Untitled, 1961

Inscription

lower center: RYMAN / 61

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

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.

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

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

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

1999

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

1999

Sauer, Christel. "A propos de Robert Ryman." Beaux Arts Magazine, no. 185 (October 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.

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