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Agnes Martin Untitled 1967 Graphite on paper. 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (23.5 x 23.5 cm). Signed and dated “a. martin 1967” on the reverse of the backing board.
Provenance Robert Elkon Gallery, New York; B.C. Holland, Inc., Chicago; Pace Gallery, New York; Private collection, New York Catalogue Essay My formats are square, but the grids never are absolutely square, they are rectangles a little bit off the square, making a sort of contradiction, a dissonance, though I didn’t set out to do it that way. When I cover the square surface with rectangles, it lightens the weight of the square, destroys its power. –Agnes Martin, 1967 (Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, 2005, p. 216) Read More Artist Bio Agnes Martin American • 1912 - 2004 As an artist defined by minimalism and abstract expressionism, Agnes Martin found serenity in her work. Commonly believed to have schizophrenia, Martin may have exercised her orderly grids and pastel colors as a way to find peace. After moving from Canada to New York City and earning her M.A. at Columbia University, she was supported by other talented artists such as Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Indiana Martin began her career with exhibitions at Betty Parson's Gallery, and her work quickly traveled internationally from there. Eventually moving to New Mexico, the artist ended her career and cut off all social ties. Martin was represented by Pace Gallery from 1975 and was recently given a retrospective at Tate Modern in 2015. View More Works