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Artist Kenneth Noland American, 1924–2010

Date1958

MediumAcrylic resin on unprimed canvas

Dimensions63 1/2 x 66 3/4 in. (161.3 x 169.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Allen and Marianne Mebane in honor of Lawrence J. Wheeler

Object number2015.18

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated Washington, D.C., 1958; collection of the artist; [French & Company, Inc., New York]; J. Patrick Lannan Sr., New York, 1959; transferred to Lannan Foundation; [Sotheby’s, New York, May 15, 2002, no. 47, illus. (color)]; G. Allen Mebane, Mocksville, NC, 2002; bequeathed to NCMA (wife Marianne Mebane retained lifetime right of possession), 2008; transferred to NCMA, 2015.
Published ReferencesShepherd Francis Steiner, “Great Moments in American Painting: Dogged Looks from the Other Side of the Fence,” Ph.D. diss., University of British Columbia, October 1997, p. 375, illus. p. 401, fig. 17.
Exhibition HistoryNew York, NY, French & Company, Inc., “Kenneth Noland: Paintings,” October 14–November 7, 1959, no. 21.

Houston, TX, The Museum of Fine Arts, “Kenneth Noland: The Circle Paintings, 1956–1963,” November 4, 1993–January 9, 1994; Fort Lauderdale, FL, Museum of Art, March 31–May 15, 1994, illus. (color) pl. 6.

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