1-33, 1962

East Building, Upper Level — Gallery 407-C

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 210.7 x 137.2 cm (82 15/16 x 54 in.)

framed: 214.6 x 141 cm (84 1/2 x 55 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

Accession Number

1976.64.1

Artists / Makers

Morris Louis (painter) American, 1912 - 1962

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Inscription

lower edge reverse, along the raw sienna stripe: M Louis

Provenance

(Kasmin Limited, London); sold 1966 to Burton G. [1902-1991] and Emily Hall [1908-1987] Tremaine, Madison, Connecticut;[1] gift 1976 to NGA.

[1] Memo to the file, 30 April 1982, from NGA staff member Trinkett Clark, recording information given to her by Mrs. Tremaine. Two labels from the painting's stretcher, also in NGA curatorial files, include the dealer's name.

Associated Names

Kasmin Limited
Tremaine, Sr., Burton G., Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2012: Morris Louis NGA/Getty Research Project, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2012, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 195, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 229, repro.

2001: Housley, Kathleen L. Emily Hall Tremaine: Collector on the Cusp. Meriden, Connecticut, 2001: 188, 239.