Agnes Martin
Morning
1965
© Estate of Agnes Martin / DACS, 2015
Artwork details
Artist
Agnes Martin 1912–2004
Title
Morning
Date
1965
Medium
Acrylic paint and graphite on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 1826 x 1819 mm
frame: 1840 x 1832 x 43 mm
vitrine : 2075 x 2070 x 90 mm
frame: 1840 x 1832 x 43 mm
vitrine : 2075 x 2070 x 90 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Purchased 1974
Reference
T01866
Not on display
Display caption
''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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