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Property from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Morris Louis

Dalet Mem

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Morris Louis

(1912 - 1962) 


Dalet Mem

acrylic on canvas

91 ½ by 149 in.

232.4 by 378.5 cm.

Executed in 1958.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in 1979 by the present owner

Zurich, Galerie André Emmerich, Morris Louis, September - October 1977

New York, André Emmerich Gallery, Key Works: A Review of the Season, Summer 1978

Diane Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1985, no. 132 [ML 91], p. 52, illustrated (detail), pp. 54, 203 (text) and p. 145, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art (and traveling), Morris Louis, 1986-87, p. 181 (text)

Katherine Hinds, The Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture, Miami 2008, p. 30 (text) and p. 169, illustrated in color

Katherine Hinds, ed., Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Vol. 1, Bologna 2018, no. 46, p. 53 (text) and pp. 88-89, illustrated in color

Diane Upright, ed., Morris Louis, Baltimore 2015 - ongoing, no. ML 91, illustrated in color (online) (accessed: 13 October 2025)