Thigh Smoke

Date1966

Object number2014.25.57

Provenance[André Emmerich Gallery, New York, New York]; [Seattle-First National Bank, Corporate Collection, Seattle, Washington]; [Sotheby’s, New York, “Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art”, Feb. 19 1997, lot no. 160, sale 6951]; purchased after auction by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, Mar. 4, 1997

Photo CreditPhoto: Jueqian Fang

Exhibition HistoryVenice, Italy, National Collection of Fine Arts, XXXIII International Biennal Exhibition of Art: United States of America: Helen Frankenthaler, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Jules Olitski, June 18 - Oct. 16,1966 (Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian, Dec. 1, 1966 - Jan. 15, 1967). Text by Henry Geldzahler et. al. No cat. no., reproduced, unpaginated. Detroit, Michigan, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Color Image Form, Apr. 11 - May 21, 1967, Cat. no. 66. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Premio Internacional Instituto Torucato di Tella, Sept. 29 - October 29, 1967, p. 30, reproduced p. 31. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, American Art: Third Quarter Century, Aug. 2 2- Oct. 14, 1973. Text by Jan Van der Marck. Cat no. 50, pp. 73, 100, reproduced p. 74. Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Jules Olitski, Apr. 6 - May 13,1973 (Buffalo, New York, Albright Knox Art Gallery, May 31- July 29, 1973; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art Sept 7 - Nov. 4). Text by Carl Zahn. Cat. no. 33, p. 68. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4, 1999 - May 5, 1999. Text by Trevor Fairbrother. No cat. no., reproduced p. 190. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021.Published ReferencesHudson, Andrew. "On Jules Olitski's Paintings - And Some Changes of View." Art International, Volume 12, no. 1 (Jan. 1968); p. 32. Kenworth, Moffett. Jules Olitski. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1981; reproduced p. 60. Kangas, Matthew. William Ingham: Configuration of Forces. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2002; reproduced p. 14.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions167 x 92 1/2 in. (424.2 x 235 cm)

MediumAcrylic on canvas