Careless Love

1995-1996

Elizabeth Murray

Painter, American, 1940 - 2007

A canvas painted pale pink, straw yellow, and cobalt blue is stretched over a support shaped like a letter V with rippling sides in this abstract composition. A wobbly ring of yellow across the top suggests an opening. A red line or tube curves from the right rim to the top, and then into the vessel. The other end of the red tube coils in a tight curl and is visible through a square opening at the middle of the painting. A yellow rectangle is to the left and a yellow square to the right of the opening. Both are outlined in blue, and a blue-zigzagging line slices down the length of the painting. A hollow-centered yellow circle, also outlined in blue, is at the bottom center. After closer inspection, we find that the blue zigzagging line appears to be a cut separating the two halves that fit together like puzzle pieces.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas over shaped wooden support

  • Credit Line

    The Aaron I. Fleischman Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 270.5 x 252.7 x 68.6 cm (106 1/2 x 99 1/2 x 27 in.)

  • Accession

    1996.28.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by (PaceWildenstein, New York); purchased 18 March 1996 by NGA with funds provided by Aaron I. Fleischman.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1996

  • [group exhibition], The Pace Gallery, New York, 1996.

2005

  • Heart of the Matter: Recent Work by Elizabeth Murray, Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, 2005, unnumbered brochure, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20198052


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