Ring Three, 1969

Not on View

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 273.69 × 277.81 cm (107 3/4 × 109 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Vincent Melzac)

Accession Number

2015.19.131

Artists / Makers

Thomas Downing (artist) American, 1928 - 1985

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Inscription

upper center reverse: Thos Downing 1/69 "Ring Three"

Provenance

Vincent Melzac [1914-1989], Falls Church, Virginia; gift 1 December 1969 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Melzac, Vincent

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1971: Corcoran Gallery of Art. The Vincent Melzac Collection: Modernist American Art Featuring New York Abstract Expressionism and Washington Color Painting. Washington, 1971: repro. 79 (but mislabeled as no. 42).