Agnes Martin
1912-2004
Untitled signed and dated “a martin ‘65” on the reverse graphite on paper image 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (21.6 x 19.1 cm.) sheet 11 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30.2 x 23.8 cm.) Executed in 1965, this work will be included in an upcoming Catalogue Raisonné to be published digitally by Artifex Press. Estimate $60,000-80,000 Provenance The Elkon Gallery, New York Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich Private Collection (acquired from the above) Sotheby’s, New York, May 16, 2002, lot 175 Acquired at the above by sale by the late owner
‘When I first made a grid I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do, and so I painted it and then I was satisfied. I thought, this is my vision.’ Agnes Martin
A Tale of Two Cities
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