Contemporary Evening Auction

Contemporary Evening Auction

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Property of a Private European Collector

Ad Reinhardt

Abstract Painting

Auction Closed

May 14, 12:59 AM GMT

Estimate

1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private European Collector

Ad Reinhardt

1913 - 1967


Abstract Painting

signed, titled, dated 1959 and variously inscribed (on the backing board)

oil on canvas

108 by 40 in.

274.2 by 101.6 cm.

Executed in 1959.

The Artist

Marlborough Gallery, London (acquired from the estate of the artist (#121) by 1973)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Ad Reinhardt, May - July 1973, no. 56, p. 71 (text)

New York, Museum of Modern Art and Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Ad Reinhardt, May 1991 - January 1992, no. 8, p. 93, illustrated in color

Mexico, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo, Expresionismo Abstracto, October 1996 - January 1997, no. 89, p. 493, illustrated in color

Paris, Chapelle de l'École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Academia: Qui es-tu?, October - November 2008, no. 37, pp. 37, 75, illustrated in color

Venice, Palazzo Fortuny, In-Finitum, June - November 2009, pp. 150-51, illustrated in color and p. 146 (text)

Germany, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Ad Reinhardt: Last Paintings, September 2010 - January 2011, n.p., illustrated (installed) and p. 67, illustrated in color

Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Rendez - vous, March - September 2018