1950-M No. 1
Date
1950
Artist
Clyfford Still, American, b. Grandin, North Dakota, 1904–1980
Provenance
[Philippe Dotrement, Brussels]
[Baroness de Neufville, Neufville Gallery, Paris to 1959 or 1961]
William Rubin, New York, to 11 March 1963
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 11 March 1963-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
ALBRIGHT ART GALLERY, Buffalo, New York. "Paintings by Clyfford Still," 5 November-13 December 1959, no. 51, colorpl.
BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART. "Museum 1982: Grace Hartigan, Morris Louis, Clyfford Still, Anne Truitt: Inaugural Exhibition," 14 October-5 December 1982, cat.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Clyfford Still: Paintings 1944-1960," 21 June-16 September 2001, no. 22, ill. p. 161 [image was erroneously published upside-down].
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta. "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited," 4 November 2006-24 January 2007, cat. [not included; shown at HMSG only] Tour: MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO, 17 February-6 May; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20 September-6 January 2008.
Published References
GIBSON, ANN. "Color and Difference in Abstract Painting: The Ultimate Case of Monochrome," Genders 13 (Spring 1992), fig. 1.
COOPER, HARRY. "Still Against Himself," ArtForum (Summer 2001), color ill. p. 153.
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "Still Abstract: Painter's Bold Canvases on View at
Hirshhorn," Washington Times (23 June 2001), p. D5.
GOPNIK, BLAKE. "Still Colors Run Deep, In Spite of Himself," Washington Post (24 June 2001), p. G5.
KUSPIT, DONALD. "Frontier Abstraction," www.artnet.com (24 July 2001).
HUMBLET, CLAUDINE. La Nouvelle Abstraction Américaine, 1950-1970, vol. 1 (Milan: Skira, c. 2003).
JONES, AMELIA, ed. The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (London and New York: Routledge, 2003), p. 192; fig. 23.1, p. 193.
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School
Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.4809
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
113 1/2 × 105 5/8 in. (288.3 × 268.3 cm)
