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Theta Gamma

Theta Gamma

Date1960
Maker Morris Louis American, 1912-1962
Object number2011.28
ProvenanceThe estate of the artist, catalogue raisonné number DU 313; the estate of the artist’s widow, Marcella Louis Brenner; gift from the estate of Mrs. Brenner to the Seattle Art Museum, 2011
Exhibition HistoryNew York, New York, Morris Louis. New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2003. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Modernism and Craft, Part 1, March 16, 2013 - March 16, 2014Published ReferencesMorris Louis. New York: Paul Kasmin Gallery, 2003. Diane Upright. Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings. A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985, p. 217, no. 313, illus. p. 161 John Elderfield. Morris Louis. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1987; Morris Louis. London: The Arts Council of Great Britain; Hayward Gallery, 1974.
Credit LineGift of Marcella Brenner Revocable Trust
Dimensions101 3/4 x 130 in. (258.4 x 330.2 cm)
MediumAcrylic resin on canvas
Photo: Paul Macapia
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