Two Discs
Date
1963
Artist
Adolph Gottlieb, American, b. New York City, 1903–1974
Provenance
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, to 7 January 1966
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 7 January 1966-17 May 1966
Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Exhibition History
MARLBOROUGH-GERSON GALLERY, New York. Adolph Gottlieb: 12 Paintings, 12 February-15 March 1966, no. 5, ill.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York. Adolph Gottlieb, 14 February-31 March 1968, no. 94, ill. p. 82.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC. Adolph Gottlieb: A Retrospective, 24 April-6 June 1981, no. 93, ill., p. 168. Tour: TAMPA MUSEUM, Florida, 15 August-17 October; TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, Ohio, 7 November-19 December; ARTHUR M. HUNTINGTON ART GALLERY, University of Texas, Austin, 9 January-20 February 1982; FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, DEWATERS ART CENTER, Michigan, 18 March-24 April; INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, 15 May-19 June; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, 10 July-21 August, ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York, 11 September-31 October.
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AGENCY, Washington, DC (organizer) for BELLAS ARTES MUSEUM, Mexico City. La Pintura de los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, 18 November 1980-4 January 1981, p. 186, no. 73, ill.
NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. The Hamptons since Pollock: Art & Architecture, 4 April-28 May 2000.
Published References
ROSENSTEIN, HARRIS. "Reviews and Previews: Adolph Gottlieb," Art News 64 (February 1966): 16.
ROSENSTEIN, HARRIS. "Gottlieb at the Summit," Art News 65 (April 1966): 42.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Adolph gottlieb's Paintings at the Whitney," Art International 12 (20 April 1968): 24, ill.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Washington Letter," Art International 19 (15 June 1975): 100.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "Adolph Gottlieb: An Artist who is Surviving," Artmagazine (March/April 1978): ill. p. 19, p. 22.
SECREST, MERYLE. "Piezas Admirables del Museo Hirshhon (sic) se Expondran Aqui," Excelsior (20 October 1980): 1B, 4B.
DESCHAMPS, MADELEINE. La Peinture Americaine: Les mythes et la matiere (Paris: Denoel, 1981): ill. p. 199.
BROWN, MILTON W. One Hundred Masterpieces of American Painting (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983): 196-97, ill.
HANHISALO, JUDITH EVANS. Enjoying Art (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1983): fig. 134, p. 198.
HUDSON, ANDREW. "In My Opinion: Disappearing Masterpieces," Museum & Arts Washington 4 (May/June 1988): 63, ill.
SHAPIRO, DAVID, and CECILE SHAPIRO. Abstract Expressionism: A Critical Record (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990: ill. p. 263.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966
Art © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2165
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
89 7/8 x 108 3/8 IN. (228.2 x 275.2 cm)
