id: 173011
accession number: 2017.127
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.127
updated: 2023-04-23 11:16:04.499000
Sea Painting I, 1973–74. Brice Marden (American, 1938-). 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-) - artist
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measurements: Unframed: 182.8 x 137.2 cm (71 15/16 x 54 in.)
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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
* MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 110.
The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"
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PROVENANCE
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Later in his career, Marden dispensed with the wax technique used in Sea Painting I and developed a new method of mixing terpineol with oil to produce a pigment better suited to conveying the physicality of the canvas.
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Brice Marden made his first monochromatic, single-panel painting in the winter of 1964. During the next 20 years, he created spare, abstract, often multipaneled paintings that won national acclaim. In Sea Painting I, two rectangular canvases were painted with a mixture of beeswax and oil—known as encaustic—creating a smooth, dense surface with a matte finish.
Marden tested the reductionist tendencies of Minimalism by reintroducing references to landscape into a seemingly abstract painting. Here, he used subtle tones of gray-green that suggest water and atmosphere. The sharp split of color alludes to the division between sky and ocean and a limitless view to the horizon.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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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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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