id: 173011
accession number: 2017.127
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url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.127
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Sea Painting I, 1973–74. Brice Marden (American, 1938–2023). Oil and wax on canvas; unframed: 182.8 x 137.2 cm (71 15/16 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund given in honor of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Centennial 2017.127 © Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Sea Painting I
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creation date: 1973–74
creation date earliest: 1973
creation date latest: 1974
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creditline: Gift of Agnes Gund given in honor of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Centennial
copyright: © Brice Marden / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: America, 20th century
technique: oil and wax on canvas
department: Contemporary Art
collection: Paintings
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Brice Marden (American, 1938–2023) - artist
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measurements: Unframed: 182.8 x 137.2 cm (71 15/16 x 54 in.)
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inscription: Signed, titled, and dated 1973–74 on reverse of the top panel;
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inscription: Written in black marker (verso):
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SEA PAINTING I
2 PANELS 36" X 54" EACH
72" X 54"
1973-74
B. Marden
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72" X 54"
1973-74
B. Marden
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inscription: titled and dated on the reverse of the bottom panel.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2006-06-09T00:00:00
The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
title: Recent Acquisitions
opening date: 2018-03-17T04:00:00
Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'New Paintings, Brice Marden. Bykert Gallery, New York, NY (March 23–April 17, 1974)', 'opening_date': '1974-03-23T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Continuing Abstraction in American Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY [Downtown Branch] (September 19–November 1, 1974)', 'opening_date': '1974-09-19T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'A Selection of American Art: The Skowhegan School 1946–1976. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (June 16–September 5, 1976; Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, (October 1–30, 1976)', 'opening_date': '1976-06-16T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'American Art in Belgium. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium (May 25–August 28, 1977)', 'opening_date': '1977-05-25T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Bilderstreit: Iconoclasm – Appeal, Unity and Fragment in Art Since 1960. The Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany (April 8–June 28, 1989)', 'opening_date': '1989-04-08T04:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'In Quest of the Absolute. Blumarts Inc., New York, NY (April 6–June 8, 1996)', 'opening_date': '1996-04-06T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH (June 9– August 20, 2006)', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T04:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist
date: 1973–?
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Bykert Gallery, New York, NY
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John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
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Collection Parasol Press, New York, NY
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Charles Kriwin, Brussels, BE
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John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
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Saatchi Collection
date: by 1984–before 1991
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Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY
date: 1990
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(Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Sale #6164, Contemporary Art Part I, April 30, 1991, Lot 30)
date: April 30, 1991
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Agnes Gund, New York, NY
date: 1991–2017
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Agnes Gund, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 2017
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2017–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Ellenzweig, Allen. Selection of American Art: The Skowhegan School 1946–1976. Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1976.
page number: Reproduced: P. 121
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Roque, Georges, Karel J. Geirlandt, and Monique Verken. American Art in Belgium: [Exhibit Held at Palais Des Beaux-Arts De Bruxelles 25.5-28.8.1977]. Bruxelles: Société des expositions du Palais des beaux-arts, 1977.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced, P. 133, no. 95; p. 166 reproduced.
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Saatchi Collection, and Peter Schjeldahl. Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, vol. 1. London: Lund Humphries, 1985.
page number: Mentioned: p. 7; Reproduced: Pl. 70.
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Gohr, Siegfried, and Johannes Gachnang. Bilderstreit: Widerspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960. Köln: DuMont, 1989.
page number: Catalogue No. 444; mentioned: p. 521
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Lewison, Jeremy, and Brice Marden. Brice Marden: Prints, 1961–1991 : a Catalogue Raisonné. London: Tate Gallery, 1992.
page number: Reproduced: P. 33
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Franz, Erich. In Quest of the Absolute. New York: Peter Blum, 1996.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced in color: p. 66–67.
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Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 75, no. 110.
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Thüring, Reto and Liebert, Emily. “Acquisition Highlights: Contemporary Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 58. no. 2 (March/April 2018): 24-25.
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 24.
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Griswold, William M. “Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.” Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93–104.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 101, no. 16; mentioned: P. 93
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