The Pace Gallery, New York
Private Collection
The Pace Gallery, New York
Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich
Private Collection
Christie's, New York, November 7, 2000, lot 443
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Nancy Princenthal, "Agnes Martin L'Oeil Intérieur," Art Press, vol. 161, October 1991, p. 32 (illustrated)
Tiffany Bell, ed., Agnes Martin: Catalogue Raisonné: Works on Paper, New York, 2019–ongoing, no. 1978.024 WP, online (illustrated)
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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