Red Canvas, 1967

Not on View

Medium

dyed canvas

Dimensions

overall: 148.59 × 139.7 cm (58 1/2 × 55 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Eric Green)

Accession Number

2015.19.129

Artists / Makers

Richard Tuttle (painter) American, born 1941

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Inscription

none

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

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Green, Eric
Truman, Jock

Exhibition History

1968: Betty Parsons Gallery, New York City, 1968.

1969: Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 19 May - 6 July 1969, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1969: Thirty-first Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 February - 16 March 1969, no. 71, 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2008: The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.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.