LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

87.76 in. (222.90 cm.) (height) by 87.24 in. (221.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'Blue Tender - Downing - 11/64' verso

Exhibited:

Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Vincent Melzac Collection: Modernist American Art Featuring New York Abstract Expressionism and Washington Color Painting, December 18, 1970 - February 7, 1971, no. 45, p. 94 Washington, D.C., Conner Contemporary Art, Thomas Downing: Origin of the Dot, Paintings from the Vincent Melzac Collection, September 24 - October 26, 2002, p. 19 (illustrated)

Literature:

Blake Gopnik, "Living Colors", The Washington Post, September 29, 2002, online Michael Duncan, "Thomas Downing at Conner Contemporary and Howard Mehring at the Catholic University", Art in America, May 2003, p. 153 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Collection of Vincent Melzac, Washington, D.C. Conner Contemporary, Washington, D.C. Acquired from the above by the present owner