Agnes Martin - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale New York Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    The Artist
    The Pace Gallery, New York
    Acquired from the above

  • Exhibited

    New York, The Pace Gallery, Agnes Martin, March 5 – April 22, 1978

  • Artist Biography

    Agnes Martin

    American • 1912 - 2004

    As an artist defined by minimalism and abstract expressionism, Agnes Martin found serenity in her work. Commonly believed to have schizophrenia, Martin may have exercised her orderly grids and pastel colors as a way to find peace. After moving from Canada to New York City and earning her M.A. at Columbia University, she was supported by other talented artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Indiana. Martin began her career with exhibitions at Betty Parson's Gallery, and her work quickly traveled internationally from there. Eventually moving to New Mexico, the artist ended her career and cut off all social ties. Martin was represented by Pace Gallery from 1975 and was recently given a retrospective at Tate Modern in 2015.

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Important Works on Paper from the Schulhof Collection

177

Untitled

1977
watercolor, graphite and ink on paper
image 9 x 9 in. (22.9 x 22.9 cm)
sheet 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Signed and dated "A. Martin '77" lower right.
This work will be included in an upcoming catalogue raisonné to be published digitally by Artifex Press.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000 

Sold for $68,750

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

New York Auction 10 May 2016