id:			156048
accession number:	1991.30
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.30
updated:		2019-04-18 12:16:54.494000

The City, 1966. Agnes Martin (American, 1912-2004). Acrylic and graphite on canvas; framed: 184.5 x 184.5 x 3 cm (72 5/8 x 72 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.); unframed: 182.9 x 182.9 cm (72 x 72 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund in memory of Wenda von Wiese 1991.30 © Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

title:				The City
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creation date:			1966
creation date earliest:		1966
creation date latest:		1966
current location:		229B Contemporary
creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund in memory of Wenda von Wiese
copyright:			© Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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culture:	America, 20th century
technique:	acrylic and graphite on canvas
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Agnes Martin (American, 1912-2004)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 184.5 x 184.5 x 3 cm (72 5/8 x 72 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.); Unframed: 182.9 x 182.9 cm (72 x 72 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Notable Acquisitions
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Notable Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* New York, Marlborough Gallery, Selected Works from the Collection of Carter Burden, 1974, p. 23.<br>The Art of Collecting Modern Art:  An Exhibition of Works from the Collections of Clevelanders, Feb. 12 - March 30, 1986.<br>New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Agnes Martin, 1959-1969, 1991.<br>CMA 1991:  "Notable Acquisitions," CMA Bulletin, 78 (June 1991), p. 105, repr.<br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2007); "CMA @ Akron"

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In this painting, Martin uses a measured system of horizontal and vertical blue lines to create a rectangular grid over a warm white, faintly modulated surface. Purified of all nonessential elements, the painting demonstrates Martin's use of a minimalist vocabulary combined with emotional expressionism. She enriched the grid with subtle variations of light and pattern, texture and touch. Within these limited compositional elements, Martin achieves a quiet, private poetry.
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