Acrylic (Magna) on canvas. Signed and inscribed with the work number "288" on the reverse. 232 x 341 cm. . [JS].

• Morris Louis’ “Veil Paintings”: Monumental icons of American Color Field Painting.
• At the height of his career: In 1958, he produced his accomplished “Veil Paintings” by pouring paint onto the canvas with the utmost precision.
• Paintings from this series are in leading collections around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
• Outstanding provenance: From the André Emmerich Gallery in New York, legendary for its collection of Color Field Paintings, and subsequently part of notable international private collections.
• Most recently part of a collection of important works of American postwar art for over 20 years.
LITERATURE: D. Upright, Morris Louis. The Complete Paintings, New York 1985, p. 146, WVZ No. 146 (illustrated in color). Online catalogue raisonné: www.morrislouis.org/paintings/veil-paintings2/du83, CR no. ML 288. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 8, 1979, lot 866 A. Sotheby's, New York, Auction 8202, May 11, 2006, lot 250.

André Emmerich Gallery, New York. Waddington Galleries, London. Alistair McAlpine, London. Milton Schneider, New York. William Pall Gallery, New York. Jeffrey Horvitz Ltd., Los Angeles. Phoebe Gibson, Palo Alto, California (until 1979, Sotheby Parke Bernet) Leo S. Guthman, Chicago (likely acquired from the above, until 2006, Sotheby’s). Private collection (since 2006, acquired from the above)

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