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An image of Ayin by Morris Louis

Morris Louis

(United States of America 1912–1962)

Title
Ayin
Year
1958
Media category
Painting
Materials used
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Dimensions

248.3 x 358.1cm stretcher; 252.0 x 362.0 x 6.8cm frame

Credit
Purchased under the terms of the Florence Turner Blake Bequest 1967
Accession number
OO2.1967
Copyright
© Morris Louis
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

André Emmerich Gallery Inc. (United States of America), New York/New York/United States of America, Purchased by the AGNSW from Andre Emmerich Gallery 1967. Purchased through the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Bibliography (6)

Anthony Bond (England; Australia) (Commissioning Editor), Wayne Tunnicliffe (New Zealand; Australia) (Commissioning Editor), Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection, 2006, 425.

Robert Hobbs (United States of America, b.1946) (Author), Milton Avery: the late paintings, New York, 2001, 15, 16 (illus.). fig. 6

Editor Unknown (Editor), Art Gallery of New South Wales picturebook, Domain, 1972, 63 (colour illus.).

'European Collection' by Renee Free p63-75, Art and Australia [vol. 10, no. 1] Jul 1972, Jul 1972, 71 (colour illus.).

Bulletin 09 Sep 1967, 09 Sep 1967, 40.

Waldo Rasmussen (Author), Irving Sandler (Author), Lucy Lippard (United States of America) (Author), G.R. Swenson (Author), Two decades of American painting, Unknown, 1967.

Exhibition history (6)

Two decades of American painting, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 15 Oct 1966–27 Nov 1966.

Two decades of American painting, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, 10 Dec 1966–22 Jan 1967.

Two decades of American painting, Lalit Kala Gallery, 28 Mar 1967–30 Apr 1967.

Two decades of American painting, National Gallery of Victoria [Swanston Street], 06 Jun 1967–09 Jul 1967.

Two decades of American painting, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Jul 1967–20 Aug 1967.

Abstract Expressionism, National Gallery of Australia, 13 Jul 2012–25 Feb 2013.