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© Estate of Morris Louis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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© Estate of Morris Louis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

© Estate of Morris Louis / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Image downloads are for educational use only. For all other purposes, please see our Obtaining and Using Images page.

Morris Louis

American, 1912-1962

No. 1, 1956-1957

oil and metallic paint on canvas

support: 93 1/2 x 80 1/2 inches (237.49 x 204.47 cm); framed with hangers and/or oz-clip hardware: 95 x 81 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches (241.3 x 207.65 x 4.76 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

The Martha Jackson Collection at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1974

1974:8.19

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Inscriptions

signature / lower right / M. Louis 7-57

Provenance

from the artist to Martha Jackson, New York, 1957;
estate of Martha Jackson;
Presented by Mr. and Mrs. David K. Anderson from the Estate of Martha Jackson, May 1974
Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Class

Paintings

Work Type

Oil painting

Painting (visual work)

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The Martha Jackson Collection

Abstract Expressionism