id: 318300
accession number: 2019.58
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.58
updated: 2025-06-15 11:01:35.649000
Blue Rational/Irrational, 1969. Al Loving (American, 1935–2005). Acrylic on canvas; 147 x 322.5 cm (57 7/8 x 126 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the KeyBank Collection, 2019.58. © The Estate of Al Loving and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
title: Blue Rational/Irrational
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creation date: 1969
creation date earliest: 1964
creation date latest: 1974
current location: 224A Contemporary Corridor
creditline: Gift of the KeyBank Collection
copyright: © The Estate of Al Loving and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
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culture: America
technique: Acrylic on canvas
department: Contemporary Art
collection: CONTEMP - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Al Loving (American, 1935–2005) - artist
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measurements: 147 x 322.5 cm (57 7/8 x 126 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Contemporary Installation
opening date: 2021-04-12T04:00:00
Contemporary Installation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
title: Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus
opening date: 2022-02-20T05:00:00
Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-June 26, 2022).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Alvin Loving: Paintings. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (December 19, 1969–January 25, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1969-12-19T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Frieze Masters. Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, NY (October 5 - October 9, 2016)', 'opening_date': '2016-10-05T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Collection of the artist
date: 1969-?
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(KeyBank Collection, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)
date: early 1990s-2019
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 2019-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Cochrane, Mary, ed. The Appropriate Object. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1989.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 41- 49
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Patel, Samir S, ed. Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction 1964-1980. New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006.
page number: 54-55
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Cooke, Lynne, Douglas Crimp, et al. Outliers and American Vanguard Art. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2018.
page number: 96-97
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Collection. "Building Blocks: A Look at Al Loving's Blue Rational/Irrational, 1969.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 18-19.
page number: Reproduced: P. 19; Mentioned: P. 18-19.
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Yoder, Dean. “Hidden Complexities: The Conservation of Al Loving's Blue Rational/Irrational.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 36-37.
page number: Reproduced: P. 36, 37: Mentioned: P. 4, 36-37.
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