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No. 11
Title:
No. 11
Artist(s):
Morris Louis
Date:
1961
Location:
de Young
Gallery 15
Century:
20th Century AD
Media:
Acrylic On Canvas
Dimensions:
78 x 78 in. (198.1 x 198.1 cm); Frame: 82 x 82 x 2 1/4 in. (208.3 x 208.3 x 5.7 cm)
Department:
American Painting
Object Type:
Painting
Country:
United States
Continent:
North America
Provenance:

Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection
Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, New York
Private Collection, Florida
Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, California

Accession Number:
2014.11
Acquisition Date:
2014-06-05
Credit Line:

Museum purchase, Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions

Exhibition History:

“Morris Louis” The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY, October 6, 1986-January 4, 1987. Traveled to the Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, February 15 – April 12; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., May 20-July 26 (Catalogue and essay by John Elderfield;
illustrated color p. 147).