id:			136484
accession number:	1960.58
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.58
updated:		2025-06-26 11:08:07.990000

The Surge, 1958. Conrad Marca-Relli (American, 1913–2000). Oil and collage on canvas; unframed: 137.1 x 180.3 cm (54 x 71 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1960.58

title:				The Surge
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creation date:			1958
creation date earliest:		1958
creation date latest:		1958
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture:	America
technique:	oil and collage on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Conrad Marca-Relli (American, 1913–2000)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 137.1 x 180.3 cm (54 x 71 in.)
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	inscription:	signed lower right:  Marca-Relli; signed on back of stretcher:  L-6-58.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Paths of Abstract Art
	opening date:   1960-10-05T04:00:00
	<i>Paths of Abstract Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-November 13, 1960).

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Marca-Relli
	opening date:   1967-10-03T04:00:00
	<i>Marca-Relli</i>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 3-November 12, 1967); Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (December 3, 1967-January 28, 1968).

	title:		Works from the Contemporary Collection
	opening date:   1969-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Works from the Contemporary Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 1-October 15, 1969).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA:  Works from the Contemporary Collection, July 1-mid-October, 1969', 'opening_date': '1969-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, Inc.)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Henning, Edward. "Exhibition Paths of Abstract Art." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>47, no. 8 (October 1960): 199-201.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 200-201, fig. 1
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142412

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisition Press Release,” October 25, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0628

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