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Pink Tinge

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Pink Tinge

1967

Jules Olitski

American, born Russia, 1922 - 2007

Acrylic on canvas
76 x 136 1/2 in. (193 x 346.7cm)
Gift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
2014.25.56
Provenance: [André Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle,1967
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Jules Olitski: Recent Paintings, Oct. 21 - Nov. 9, 1967. No cat. no., reproduced on cover.

New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Dec. 13, 1967 - Feb. 4, 1968

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Jules Olitski: Recent Paintings, Feb. 21 - Mar. 26, 1968 (Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hayden Gallery Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mar. 29 - Apr. 23, 1968). Cat. no. 10, reproduced, upaginated.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum (Modern Art Pavilion), The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: Artists of the Sixties, May 23 - June 29, 1969. Cat. no. 15.

Bellingham, Washington, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Paintings of the Sixties: From the Collection of Virginia and Bagley Wright, Jan. 6 - 23, 1970

Pullman, Washington, Fine Art Gallery, Washington State University, Contemporary American Abstract Painting 1960 – 1974, Nov. 1 - 22, 1974

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: American Art Since 1960, Feb. 1 - Mar. 16, 1975. Text by Thomas N. Maytham et al. Cat. no. 9., reproduced, unpaginated.

Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Seattle Show, May 9 - June 22, 1975. No cat. no., reproduced, unpaginated.
Published ReferencesHudson, Andrew. "On Jules Olitski's Paintings - And Some Changes of View." Art International, Volume 12, no. 1 (Jan. 1968): p. 35.

Fairbrother, Trevor. The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 1999; p. 202 [not in exhibition].

Kajiya, Kenji. Formless Mordernism: Color Field Painting and 20th Century American Culture. University of Tokyo Press, 2023; p. 136, plate 2-33.



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