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Arista

1968

Robert Ryman

American, 1930-2019

Oil on unstretched linen canvas, installed with staples, and chalk

61 3/4 x 61 1/2 in. (156.8 x 156.2 cm)

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

2017.10

Provenance: [Bykert Gallery, New York, New York]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, Washington, October 1968; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2017

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Bykert Gallery, Group Show: Michael Goldberg, Ralph Humphrey, Paul Mogensen, David Novros, September 10 – October 3, 1968.

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. 18.

Pullman, Washington, Washington State University, 3 Degrees of Cool, January 6 – February 29, 2004.

New York, New York, Dia: Chelsea, Robert Ryman, December 9, 2015 – July 29, 2016 (Mexico City, Museo Jumex, March 4 – April 30, 2017). Edited by Stephen Hoban and Courtney J. Martin. Reproduced on cover (detail), pp. 66-69.

Published ReferencesBilder Objekte Filme Konzepte. Sammlung Jost Herbig. Exh. cat. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 1973; p. 156.

The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection. Exh. cat. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum in association with University of Washington Press, 1999; p. 202, incorrect alternate title.

Bui, Phong. “In Conversation: Robert Ryman with Phong Bui.” Brooklyn Rail, June 2007, p. 22, https://brooklynrail.org/2007/06/art/ryman.

Hudson, Suzanne. Robert Ryman: Used Paint. Cambridge, Mass.; London, England: MIT Press, 2009; p.178.

Schjeldahl, Peter. “Shades of White: A Robert Ryman Retrospective.” The New Yorker, December 21 & 28, 2015, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/21/shades-of-white.

“Robert Ryman at Dia:Chelsea of New York.” VNY: La Voce di New York, January 7, 2016, https: //lavocedinewyork.com/en/arts/2016/01/07/robert-ryman-at-diachelsea-of-new-york/; ill.

McDermon, Daniel. “When a White Square is More Than a White Square.” The New York Times, February 8, 2016: reproduced.

Kardon, Dennis. “How Bloodless is Robert Ryman?” Artcritical, February 15, 2016, https://artcritical.com/2016/02/15/how-bloodless-is-robert-ryman/: reproduced (detail).

Haas, Lidija. “Robert Ryman and the Many Shades of White.” Apollo Magazine, April 16, 2016, https://www.apollo-magazine.com/robert-ryman-many-shades-white/.

Díaz, Antonio. “El universo pictórico de Ryman llega a México.” La Crónica, March 4, 2017, https://www.cronica.com.mx/notas-el_universo_pictorico_de_ryman_llega_a_mexico-1012799-2017.html.

Martin, Courtney J. “A Minimal Maxim: Major Survey of Robert Ryman in Mexico at Museo Jumex.” Rotunda Magazine, March 27, 2017, https://www.rotundamagazine.com/en/robert-ryman-museo-jumex/.

Robert Ryman: Drawings. Exh. cat. New York: Pace Gallery, 2018; p. 15.

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