id: 173011 accession number: 2017.127 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.127 updated: 2024-03-26 02:01:47.397000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1973–74 creation date earliest: 1973 creation date latest: 1974 current location: 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 --- culture: America, 20th century technique: oil and wax on canvas department: Contemporary Art collection: Paintings type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Brice Marden (American, 1938–2023) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 182.8 x 137.2 cm (71 15/16 x 54 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed, titled, and dated 1973–74 on reverse of the top panel; translation: remark: inscription: Written in black marker (verso): Top Panel: SEA PAINTING I 2 PANELS 36" X 54" EACH 72" X 54" 1973-74 B. Marden translation: remark: inscription: Written in black marker (verso): Bottom Panel: 72" X 54" 1973-74 B. Marden translation: remark: inscription: titled and dated on the reverse of the bottom panel. translation: remark: --- 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). --- 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'} --- PROVENANCE Collection of the artist date: 1973–? footnotes: citations: Bykert Gallery, New York, NY date: ? footnotes: citations: John Weber Gallery, New York, NY date: ? footnotes: citations: Collection Parasol Press, New York, NY date: ? footnotes: citations: Charles Kriwin, Brussels, BE date: ? footnotes: citations: John Weber Gallery, New York, NY date: ? footnotes: citations: Saatchi Collection date: by 1984–before 1991 footnotes: citations: Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY date: 1990 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby’s, New York, NY, Sale #6164, Contemporary Art Part I, April 30, 1991, Lot 30) date: April 30, 1991 footnotes: citations: Agnes Gund, New York, NY date: 1991–2017 footnotes: citations: Agnes Gund, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2017 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2017– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Ellenzweig, Allen. Selection of American Art: The Skowhegan School 1946–1976. Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1976. page number: Reproduced: P. 121 url: 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. url: 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. url: 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 url: Lewison, Jeremy, and Brice Marden. Brice Marden: Prints, 1961–1991 : a Catalogue Raisonné. London: Tate Gallery, 1992. page number: Reproduced: P. 33 url: Franz, Erich. In Quest of the Absolute. New York: Peter Blum, 1996. page number: Mentioned and reproduced in color: p. 66–67. url: 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. url: 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. url: 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 url: --- IMAGES