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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]; purchased from gallery by Virginia and Bagley Wright, Seattle, 1968
location
Not currently on view

Resources

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

Seattle, Wash., Seattle Art Museum (Modern Art Pavilion), The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection: Artists of the Sixties, May 23-June 29, 1969. Cat. no. 18.

New York, Dia Art Foundation, Dia: Chelsea, Robert Ryman, Dec. 9, 2015–July 29, 2016 (Mexico City, Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Museo Jumex, Mar. 4–Apr. 30, 2017). Text by Stephen Hoban, et. al. Reproduced on cover (detail).
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.

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.

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, Feb. 15, 2016; reproduced (detail).

Haas, Lidija. “Robert Ryman and the Many Shades of White.” Apollo Magazine, April 16, 2016.

“A Minimal Maxim: Major Survey of Robert Ryman in Mexico at Museo Jumex.” Rotunda Magazine, March 27, 2017.

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