Clyfford Still
oil on canvas
114 1/4 x 164 in. (290.2 x 416.6 cm)
Painted in 1959, in the United States.
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Provenance:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1969)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's, New York, May 11, 2005, lot 28
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., u003cemu003eClyfford Still,u003c/emu003e November 26, 1969–January 3, 1970, no. 32, pp. 62–63 (illustrated, p. 63; titled as u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Fundación Cultural Televista, u003cemu003ePintura estadounidense, Expresionismo Abstracto,u003c/emu003e October 11, 1996–January 12, 1997, no. 106, pp. 526–527, 573 (illustrated, pp. 526–527; titled as u003cemu003eSin títulou003c/emu003e)
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, u003cemu003eClyfford Still: Paintings, 1944–1960,u003c/emu003e June 21–September 16, 2001, pl. 38, pp. 12, 136–137, 161 (illustrated, pp. 136–137; titled as u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, u003cemu003eMonet and Modernism,u003c/emu003e November 23, 2001–March 10, 2002, pp. 292–293 (illustrated; titled as u003cemu003eUntitled 1959u003c/emu003e)
Literature:
Patrick McCaughey, "Clyfford Still and the Gothic Imagination," u003cemu003eArtforum,u003c/emu003e vol. 8, no. 8, April 1970, p. 58 (illustrated; titled u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Justus Jonas-Edel, u003cemu003eClyfford Stills Bild vom Selbst und vom Absoluten,u003c/emu003e Ph.D. dissertation, Cologne, 1993, no. 148, pp. 173, 416 (illustrated, p. 416; titled as u003cemu003e1959, PH-589u003c/emu003e)
u003cemu003eClyfford Still: The Late Works,u003c/emu003e exh. cat., Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, 2020, fig. 7, pp. 26–27 (illustrated, p. 27)
oil on canvas
114 1/4 x 164 in. (290.2 x 416.6 cm)
Painted in 1959, in the United States.
Priority Bidding is here! Secure a lower Buyer's Premium. Learn more >
Provenance:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1969)
Private Collection (acquired from the above)
Christie's, New York, May 11, 2005, lot 28
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited:
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., u003cemu003eClyfford Still,u003c/emu003e November 26, 1969–January 3, 1970, no. 32, pp. 62–63 (illustrated, p. 63; titled as u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Mexico City, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Fundación Cultural Televista, u003cemu003ePintura estadounidense, Expresionismo Abstracto,u003c/emu003e October 11, 1996–January 12, 1997, no. 106, pp. 526–527, 573 (illustrated, pp. 526–527; titled as u003cemu003eSin títulou003c/emu003e)
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, u003cemu003eClyfford Still: Paintings, 1944–1960,u003c/emu003e June 21–September 16, 2001, pl. 38, pp. 12, 136–137, 161 (illustrated, pp. 136–137; titled as u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, u003cemu003eMonet and Modernism,u003c/emu003e November 23, 2001–March 10, 2002, pp. 292–293 (illustrated; titled as u003cemu003eUntitled 1959u003c/emu003e)
Literature:
Patrick McCaughey, "Clyfford Still and the Gothic Imagination," u003cemu003eArtforum,u003c/emu003e vol. 8, no. 8, April 1970, p. 58 (illustrated; titled u003cemu003e1959u003c/emu003e)
Justus Jonas-Edel, u003cemu003eClyfford Stills Bild vom Selbst und vom Absoluten,u003c/emu003e Ph.D. dissertation, Cologne, 1993, no. 148, pp. 173, 416 (illustrated, p. 416; titled as u003cemu003e1959, PH-589u003c/emu003e)
u003cemu003eClyfford Still: The Late Works,u003c/emu003e exh. cat., Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, 2020, fig. 7, pp. 26–27 (illustrated, p. 27)
