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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.
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, New York [acquired from the previous, by 1977]; (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]
