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Hot Half by Morris Louis

Morris Louis

Hot Half, 1962

Acrylic on resin on canvas
160.3 x 160.3 cm (63.11 x 63.11 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (08 Nov 2011)
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Past Sales
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Nov 8, 2011
Christie'sNew YorkPost-War Contemporary Evening Sale69
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Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

160.3 x 160.3 cm (63.11 x 63.11 in)

Materials

acrylic on resin on canvas

Provenance

Estate of the artist.

Exhibited

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Morris Louis, October-November 1962 (illustrated on the cover in color). Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Biennale Eight, June-July 1964, no. 13. Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts and St. Louis, City Art Museum, Morris Louis: 1912-1962, February-August 1967, p. 72, no. 53 (illustrated). Cleveland Museum of Art, Paintings by Morris Louis, September-November 1967. New York, Museum of Modern Art; Fort Worth Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Painting and Sculpture, 1940-1970, October 1968-February 1970, p. 227, no. 247 (illustrated). Milan, Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, Morris Louis: Dipinti 1953-1962, March-June 1990, no. 27 (illustrated). Musée de Grenoble and Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Morris Louis, May-December 1996, p. 96 (illustrated). Atlanta, High Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego and Washington, D.C., Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited, September 2007-January 2008, pp. 47 and 116-117, no. 28 (illustrated in color).

Literature

D. Robbins, "Morris Louis at the Juncture of Two Traditions," Quadrum, no. 18, 1965, p. 51 (illustrated in color). M. Fried, "The Achievement of Morris Louis," Artforum, February 1967, p. 39 (illustrated). J. Coplans, Serial Imagery, Pasadena, 1968, p. 76 (illustrated). A. Hudson, Ten Washington Artists: 1950-1970, Edmonton, 1970, p. 43 (illustrated). M. Fried, Morris Louis, New York, 1970, pl. 11 (illustrated in color). E.A. Carmean, Jr., "A Possible Reversion in Morris Louis' Work," Arts Magazine, vol. 50, April 1976, pp. 69-75. D. Headley (Upright), "Morris Louis: Disposing of the Diagonal," Arts Magazine, vol. 50, April 1976, p. 74 (illustrated). D. Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, New York, 1985, pp. 191 and 242, no. 653 (illustrated in color). M. Fried, Art and Objecthood, Chicago, 1998, pl. 16 (illustrated in color). R. Shiff, Donald Judd, exh. cat., New York, PaceWildenstein, 2002.$RMorris Louis: The French & Co. Show of 1960, exh. cat., Santa Fe, Riva Yares Gallery, 2004, p. 38 (illustrated). D. Carrier, "Morris Louis: High Museum of Art," Artforum, January 2007, p. 256.