id:			156048
accession number:	1991.30
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.30
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:03.214000

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
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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
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

* {'description': 'New York, Marlborough Gallery, Selected Works from the Collection of Carter Burden, 1974, p. 23.', 'opening_date': '1974-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Art of Collecting Modern Art:  An Exhibition of Works from the Collections of Clevelanders, Feb. 12 - March 30, 1986.', 'opening_date': '1986-02-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Agnes Martin, 1959-1969, 1991.', 'opening_date': '1959-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1991:  "Notable Acquisitions," CMA Bulletin, 78 (June 1991), p. 105, repr.', 'opening_date': '1991-06-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2007); "CMA @ Akron"', 'opening_date': '2007-06-01T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Hinson, Tom E. "Notable Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 105
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319

	Arendsee, M., and M. Steinman-Arendsee. "Take the CAN disability aesthetics tour, at the Cleveland Museum of art." <em>CAN Journal</em> (Winter 2019/20): 76-87.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 87
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