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Ad Reinhardt

Abstract Painting No. 23

Estimate

600,000 - 800,000 USD

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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

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

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 (installation view)

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)