PaceWildenstein, New York Collection of Ed. Cohen and Victoria Shaw (acquired from the above in 1996) Sotheby’s, New York, May 17, 2018, lot 129 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, PaceWildenstein, Agnes Martin New Drawings and Watercolors, March 28–April 27, 1996
Literature
Tiffany Bell, ed., Agnes Martin: Catalogue Raisonné: Works on Paper, New York, 2019–ongoing, no. 1995.052 WP, online (illustrated)
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.
signed and dated “a. martin ‘95” lower right watercolor, graphite and ink on 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 1995.