LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and graphite on canvas

Measurements:

60.00 in. (152.40 cm.) (height) by 72.48 in. (184.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Baziotes' (lower right); signed again and dated 'Wm. Baziotes 1951' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Four Abstract Expressionists, February-March 1953, no. 17. New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, William Baziotes: A Memorial Exhibition, February-March 1965, p. 18, no. 17. San Francisco Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Collects, July-August 1970, n.p., no. 2. Newport Beach, Newport Harbor Art Museum; University of Texas at Austin; College Park, University of Maryland Art Gallery; Ithaca, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, William Baziotes: A Retrospective Exhibition, March-December 1978, p. 72, no. 18 (illustrated). Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, February-March 1986, n.p., fig. 25 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Kootz Gallery, New York Betty Parsons Gallery, New York Wright Ludington, Santa Barbara Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York Private collection, New York Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 02 May 1985, lot 26 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner