Ad Reinhardt

Abstract Painting No. 23

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Property from an Esteemed Private American Collection

Ad Reinhardt

1913 - 1967

Abstract Painting No. 23

signed twice, titled, dated 1963, numbered 23 and variously inscribed (on the backing board)

oil on canvas, in artist’s frame

unframed: 60 by 60 in. 152.4 by 152.4 cm.

framed: 62 by 62 in. 157.5 by 157.5 cm.

Executed in 1963.

Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles

Private Collection, California (acquired from the above by 1968)

Thence by descent to the present owner

John-Paul Stonard, "Abstract expressionism – not just macho heroes with brushes," The Guardian, 3 September 2016 (text)(online)

Tom Lordan, "The Fire Lit Within: Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy," Litro Magazine, 13 December 2016 (text)(online)

Deborah Solomon, "James Turrell Takes Up Curating, with a Show by His Hero," The New York Times, 25 February 2022, p. 1C, illustrated in color (installed in New York, Pace Gallery, 2022)

Pasadena Art Museum; Seattle, Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington; and Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Serial Imagery, September 1968 - February 1969, no. 138, p. 59, illustrated (titled Untitled and incorrectly dated 1964)

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Imageless: The Scientific Study and Experimental Treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting, July - September 2008

New York, David Zwirner, Ad Reinhardt, November - December 2013

London, Royal Academy of Arts and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Abstract Expressionism, September 2016 - June 2017, no. 117, pp. 264-65, illustrated in color

New York, Pace Gallery, Ad Reinhardt: Color Out of Darkness: Curated by James Turrell, February - March 2022, pp. 76-77, illustrated in color (in installation)