Kenneth Noland

Emmerich Gallery, New York
Waddington Gallery, London
Alistair McAlpine, London
Private Collection, United States
Stewart Waltzer, New York (acquired from the above)
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above)
Phillips, New York, 15 May 2001, Lot 49
Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)
Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, Lot 353
Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

London, Rutland Gallery, Kenneth Noland, November 1974, cat. no. 4, illustrated in color
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden and The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Toledo Museum of Art; Denver Museum of Art, Kenneth Noland: A Retrospective, April 1977 - March 1978, cat. no. 35, p. 73, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling along the edges. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Any inconsistencies in the paint application appear to be the result of the artist’s working method. Under very close inspection, a ½-inch drip accretion is visible in the lower left area of the blue chevron line. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, one very faint 2-inch and one very faint 3-inch horizontal line, approximately 36 inches up from the lower left corner, fluoresce lightly. Unframed.
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"Like arrowheads moving down or across the picture surface, this dramatic layout [of the Chevrons] imposed a bold sense of direction, forcing Noland to find colors to take advantage of the abrupt transition from one band to the next...arranging those hues with dazzling exactitude."

Terry Fenton, "Kenneth Noland," in Exh. Cat., New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Inc., Kenneth Noland: An Important Exhibition of Paintings from 1958 through 1989, 1989, p. 11