Untitled
23.2 cms x 23 cms (9.12 ins x 9.06 ins)
Signed, dated 1977 and inscribed
drawn in 1977
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "October 2012 Online auction" held on Thu, Oct 25, 2012.
Lot 109
Lot 109
Estimate: CAD $70,000 - $90,000
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
The Pace Gallery, New York
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Interview in the Agnes Martin's Taos studio by Chuck Smith and Sono Kuwayama, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-JfYjmo5OA, accessed October 3, 2012
Notes:
Artists like Agnes Martin come along very rarely. In reviewing the course of her long career, it is astonishing to realize that she broke most of the rules that could assure her future success as an exhibiting artist and, despite that, succeeded in garnering exceptional acclaim for her paintings and drawings throughout her life. There are many resources available for us to learn the details of Martin's unique biography: her 20-year struggle for recognition; her evolution from figurative to abstract painting; her overwhelming success in exhibiting at Betty Parson's Gallery in New York after 1957; her sudden departure from New York to Santa Fe in 1968 and her withdrawal from art-making for the next seven years. But no written reference can inform us better than a taped interview in the artist's Taos studio by Chuck Smith and Sono Kuwayama in 1997. In that conversation, Agnes Martin makes many provocative and profound statements that reveal both her goals and her state of mind as a visual artist, which aid us in knowing how to truly see the intimate, inspired works she created.
Please note: the paper, including margins, measures 12 x 12 inches.
The Pace Gallery, New York
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Toronto
Literature:
Interview in the Agnes Martin's Taos studio by Chuck Smith and Sono Kuwayama, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-JfYjmo5OA, accessed October 3, 2012
Notes:
Artists like Agnes Martin come along very rarely. In reviewing the course of her long career, it is astonishing to realize that she broke most of the rules that could assure her future success as an exhibiting artist and, despite that, succeeded in garnering exceptional acclaim for her paintings and drawings throughout her life. There are many resources available for us to learn the details of Martin's unique biography: her 20-year struggle for recognition; her evolution from figurative to abstract painting; her overwhelming success in exhibiting at Betty Parson's Gallery in New York after 1957; her sudden departure from New York to Santa Fe in 1968 and her withdrawal from art-making for the next seven years. But no written reference can inform us better than a taped interview in the artist's Taos studio by Chuck Smith and Sono Kuwayama in 1997. In that conversation, Agnes Martin makes many provocative and profound statements that reveal both her goals and her state of mind as a visual artist, which aid us in knowing how to truly see the intimate, inspired works she created.
Please note: the paper, including margins, measures 12 x 12 inches.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.