Agnes Martin: The Nineties and Beyond

Martin, Agnes). Rifkin, Ned. With a poem by Edward Hirsch

ISBN 10: 3775711651 / ISBN 13: 9783775711654

Published by Menil Collection in association with Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2002

About this Item

Square 4to, 119 pp., color plates. Heel of spine and upper corners of boards lightly bumped, small neat sticker on front free endpaper, first few pages lightly thumbed at upper edge. Issued without dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 012948

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Agnes Martin: The Nineties and Beyond
• Publisher: Menil Collection in association with Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3775711651
• ISBN 13: 9783775711654
• Binding: Boards
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Art

About this title

Synopsis

Agnes Martin has spent every morning for the past 40 years working in her New Mexico studio, producing square abstract paintings that consist of graphite horizontal lines across fields of white, gray, or pale colors. Though her work superficially belongs to the history of Minimalism, Martin considers her paintings the abstract expression of positive inner states of existence. Published on the occasion of her 90th birthday, this catalogue presents the iconic serenity and elegant geometry of her canvasses from the past decade, in a format complimentary to Martin's own immutable aesthetic.

About the Author

Agnes Martin was born in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1912, and she moved to the United States in 1931. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1958 at the Betty Parsons Gallery, New York. In 1967 she moved to New Mexico and abandoned painting for seven years. The early 1990s saw her work exhibited in solo shows at the Stedelijk Museum, and at the Whitney, New York. She lives and works in Galisteo, New Mexico.