id:			318300
accession number:	2019.58
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.58
updated:		2025-08-08 03:12:14.276000

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
	<i>Contemporary Installation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

	title:		Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus
	opening date:   2022-02-20T05:00:00
	<i>Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-June 26, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Alvin Loving: Paintings</em>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (December 19, 1969–January 25, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1969-12-19T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Frieze Masters. </em>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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CITATIONS

	Cochrane, Mary, ed. <em>The Appropriate Object.</em> Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1989.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 41- 49
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	Patel, Samir S, ed. <em>Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction 1964-1980. </em>New York: Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006.
	page number: 	54-55
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	Cooke, Lynne, Douglas Crimp, et al. <em>Outliers and American Vanguard Art</em>. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 2018.
	page number: 	96-97
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	Collection. "Building Blocks: A Look at Al Loving's <em>Blue Rational/Irrational, </em>1969.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>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 <em>Blue Rational/Irrational</em>.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 36-37.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 36, 37: Mentioned: P. 4, 36-37.
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