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Relic

Relic

Date1969
Maker Kenneth Noland American, 1924 - 2010
Label TextNoland's work was highly rigorous, calling the viewer's attention to the internal and external rules governing a painting's presence. Here, that involves calling attention to the edges of the canvas, as well as its simultaneously full and empty center. He disposed of brushstrokes, favoring a staining technique that distanced him from the expressive residue of his predecessors, and was a pioneer in what has been called Color Field painting.
Object number2005.134
ProvenanceBequest of Margery S. Friedlander 2005
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism and Craft, Part 1, March 16, 2013 - March 16, 2014
Credit LineBequest of Margery S. Friedlander
Dimensions36 x 85 in.
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Photo: Susan Cole
Kenneth Noland
1964
Object number: 2020.15.25
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Kenneth Noland
1968
Object number: 2014.25.53
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Kenneth Noland
1966
Object number: 2014.25.51
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
Kenneth Noland
1962
Object number: 2014.25.52
Yellow Ribbon Space Probe
Kenneth J. Pawula
1966
Object number: 66.114
Untitled
Kenneth Noland
1973
Object number: 76.87.18
Tensions
Kenneth Callahan
1961
Object number: 82.185
Photo: Scott Leen
Kenneth Callahan
1935
Object number: 35.91
Photo: Susan Cole
Kenneth Callahan
1961 or 1962
Object number: 62.203
Riders on the Mountain
Kenneth Callahan
1956
Object number: 56.284
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Kenneth Callahan
1943
Object number: 46.65
Photo: Scott Leen
Kenneth Callahan
ca. 1940
Object number: 97.23