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Label Text Agnes Martin made a few constructions from found objects that were geometric, frontal, and limited in color, and that closely related to her contemporaneous paintings. The Garden is an excellent example of her constructions. Source: News, March April 2002.
Exhibition History“Agnes Martin”, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, January – March, 1973

“Agnes Martin – Paintings and Drawings 1957-1975”, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 1977


Published ReferencesBell, Tiffany, and Frances Morris, AGNES MARTIN, Tate Publishing, 2015, pg. 42, 257.

Schieren, Mona, AGNES MARTIN, Munchen, 2016, pg. 202.

Rosenberger, Christina Bryan. Drawing the Line: The Early Work of Agnes Martin. Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. pg. 125.


DimensionsOverall: 53 × 10 × 2 in. (134.6 × 25.4 × 5.1 cm)
Accession Number 2001.29
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightARS
ProvenanceArtist. Betty Parsons Foundation; (Christie's, New York, November 13, 1986, sale no. 6242, lot no. 284); Louise R. Noun, Des Moines [purchased from the previous, 1986]; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2001]
The Garden
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Michael Tropea, Chicago
William T. Wiley
1970-1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Martin
1974
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Anselm Kiefer
1987-1988
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Pelton
1928
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Weinrich
1920
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Weinrich
ca. 1925
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Agnes Weinrich
date unknown