Agnes Martin, Morning 1965
© Estate of Agnes Martin / DACS, 2009
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''I had to leave out a lot of things that one expects to see in a painting'', Martin has said of this work. ''I was painting about happiness and bliss and they are very simple states of mind I guess. Morning is a wonderful dawn, soft and fresh.'' She began making delicate hand-drawn grids in 1960. This painting is based on a rectangular system of co-ordinates, but the total effect is like an atmospheric veil.
September 2004
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