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Number 99

1959–1960

Morris Louis

(American, 1912–1962)

America, 20th century

Acrylic resin (Magna) on canvas

Unframed: 251.3 x 360.5 cm (98 15/16 x 141 15/16 in.)

Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1968.110

Location

001C ArtLens Exhibition

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Astonishingly, Louis painted his large canvases in his modest 12 x 14-foot dining room.

Description

Louis is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of painters based in Washington, DC, during the 1960s and '70s. These artists tended to create large colorful compositions with repeated shapes, often using diluted paint.

Inscriptions

Inscription

written on back of stretcher (in pencil): Louis 99

Provenance

(Park International, Inc., New York)

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 204 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969. Mentioned: p. 5 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 256 archive.org

Exhibition history

High Museum of Art (10/28/2006 - 1/21/2007), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2/10/2007 - 5/6/2007), and the Hirshorrn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (9/19/2007 - 1/6/2008): "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited"

Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).

Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).

Morris Lewis: The Veil Cycle. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (February 6-March 27, 1977); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (April 15-May 29, 1977); Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (June 19-July 31, 1977); Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (September 11-October 23, 1977); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (November 29, 1977-January 22, 1978).

Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (October 28, 2006-January 21, 2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (February 10-May 6, 2007); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (September 19, 2007-January 6, 2008).

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