Abstract Painting, No. 34

1964

Ad Reinhardt

Associated Names
Ad Reinhardt

Artist, American, 1913 - 1967

This painting is a dark blue square with a black frame. There is an extremely subtle gradient within the blue: a vertical section near the left of center is a slightly lighter shade of navy blue, while the left and right edges of the square are almost black.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine

  • Dimensions

    overall: 153 x 152.6 cm (60 1/4 x 60 1/16 in.)
    framed: 158.4 x 157.8 x 9.2 cm (62 3/8 x 62 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1970.37.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Betty Parsons Gallery, New York); sold February 1967 to Burton G. [1902-1991] and Emily Hall [1908-1987] Tremaine, Madison, Connecticut; gift 1970 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1967

  • Ad Reinhardt: Paintings, The Jewish Museum, New York, 1967, no. 125, untitled.

1980

  • La Pintura de Los Estados Unidos de Museos de la Ciudad de Washington, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, 1980-1981, no. 77, color repro.

1991

  • Ad Reinhardt, The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1991-1992, repro. 102, as Abstract Painting, 60 x 60, 1964.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 215, repro.

1991

  • Ad Reinhardt. Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1991: repro. 102.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 271, repro.

1994

  • Craven, Wayne. American Art: History and Culture. New York, 1994: 568-569, color fig. 37.1

Inscriptions

upper center reverse: Ad Reinhardt / "Abstract Painting, 60 x 60, No 34, 1964" / Oil on canvas; upper right reverse: 34

Wikidata ID

Q20195991

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