Theta Gamma

1960

American, 1912-1962

Acrylic resin on canvas

101 3/4 x 130in. (258.4 x 330.2cm)

Gift of Marcella Brenner Revocable Trust

2011.28

Provenance: The 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

Not currently on view

Resources

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, 2014

Published 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.

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