Morning Choice
- Date
- 1968
- Material
- Acrylic on marine mahogany plywood
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 72 x 14 x 14 in. (182.9 x 35.6 x 35.6 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Marcella Louis Brenner
- Rights
- © annetruitt.org
- Object Number
- 42:1969
NOTES
Anne Truitt painted horizontal bands of orange, fuchsia, blue, and lime green onto a rectangular column made of sanded plywood. Through her characteristic vertical forms, Truitt investigated the boundary between painting and sculpture. She described her freestanding painted objects as color “set free into three dimensions.” Inspired by the simple geometry of Barnett Newman’s paintings, Truitt applied elements of painting, such as composition and color, to her sculptural works. Truitt’s use of reductive, rectilinear forms associates her work with the minimalism art movement of the 1960s.
Provenance
by 1968/11/13 - 1969/07
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1969/07 - 1969/10/24
Marcella Louis Brenner (1921-2013), Chevy Chase, Maryland, purchased from the André Emmerich Gallery [2]
1969/10/24 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Marcella Louis Brenner [3]
Notes:
[1] The André Emmerich Gallery loaned the sculpture to an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 13, 1968 to January 21, 1969 [The Pure and the Clear. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968, unpag.].
[2] In July 1969, Anne Truitt was reimbursed for the André Emmerich Gallery’s sale of the sculpture to Marcella Louis Brenner [Anne Truitt statement of account with André Emmerich Gallery dated July 2, 1969, Anne Truitt Papers, Bryn Mawr College, PA; photocopy, SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, October 24, 1969.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY [1]
1969/07 - 1969/10/24
Marcella Louis Brenner (1921-2013), Chevy Chase, Maryland, purchased from the André Emmerich Gallery [2]
1969/10/24 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Marcella Louis Brenner [3]
Notes:
[1] The André Emmerich Gallery loaned the sculpture to an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from November 13, 1968 to January 21, 1969 [The Pure and the Clear. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968, unpag.].
[2] In July 1969, Anne Truitt was reimbursed for the André Emmerich Gallery’s sale of the sculpture to Marcella Louis Brenner [Anne Truitt statement of account with André Emmerich Gallery dated July 2, 1969, Anne Truitt Papers, Bryn Mawr College, PA; photocopy, SLAM document files].
[3] Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, City Art Museum, October 24, 1969.
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