Black Angel, 1964

Not on View

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 243.8 x 182.9 cm (96 x 72 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Collectors Committee

Accession Number

2006.36.1

Artists / Makers

Al Held (painter) American, 1928 - 2005

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Provenance

The artist; private collection, Switzerland;[1] (Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zurich); purchased 10 March 2006 by NGA.

[1] The painting was published in 1974 as being in the collection of Edith Hafter, which was in Switzerland (Al Held, exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1974: 45).

Associated Names

Galerie Renée Ziegler

Exhibition History

1965: Held, Kelly, Mattmüller, Noland, Olitski, Pfahler, Plumb, Turnbull, Kunsthalle Basel, 1965, no. 10.

1966: Americanische Kunst aus Schweizer Besitz, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1966, no. 49.

2006: In memory of Al Held, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, 2006.

2014: Make it New: Abstract Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, 1950-1975, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 2014, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1974: Tucker, Marcia. Al Held. Exh. cat. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1974: repro. 45.

1984: Sandler, Irving. Al Held. New York, 1984: 51.