Agnes Martin - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    The Pace Gallery, New York
    Private Collection
    The Pace Gallery, New York
    Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich
    Private Collection
    Christie's, New York, November 7, 2000, lot 443
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Literature

    Nancy Princenthal, "Agnes Martin L'Oeil Intérieur," Art Press, vol. 161, October 1991, p. 32 (illustrated)
    Tiffany Bell, ed., Agnes Martin: Catalogue Raisonné: Works on Paper, New York, 2019–ongoing, no. 1978.024 WP, online (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    Agnes Martin

    American • 1912 - 2004

    As an artist defined by minimalism and abstract expressionism, Agnes Martin found serenity in her work. Commonly believed to have schizophrenia, Martin may have exercised her orderly grids and pastel colors as a way to find peace. After moving from Canada to New York City and earning her M.A. at Columbia University, she was supported by other talented artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Indiana. Martin began her career with exhibitions at Betty Parson's Gallery, and her work quickly traveled internationally from there. Eventually moving to New Mexico, the artist ended her career and cut off all social ties. Martin was represented by Pace Gallery from 1975 and was recently given a retrospective at Tate Modern in 2015.

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Untitled

signed "a. martin" lower right
watercolor, ink and pencil on rice paper
image 9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm)
sheet 11 x 11 in. (27.9 x 27.9 cm)

Executed in 1978.

Estimate
$60,000 - 80,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 May 2024