Embraced: Yellow and Black
Artist
Jules Olitski
(American, 1922 - 2007)
Date2005
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 48 × 60 inches (121.92 × 152.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Luther W. Brady in memory of a remarkable friend, Joanne Lyon
Object number2014.54
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DescriptionThis is an abstract painting. At the lower center edge is a white ovoid form, formed with thick paint and surrounded by a few brushstrokes of blue. Above is another dark ovoid and atop it is a patch of vivid yellow. Other colors, washed across the surface, are blue, white, burgundy, purple and black. All of the colors and forms are bounded by a continuous “frame” of orange paint which appears to have been poured, rather than brushed, onto the canvas.Gallery LabelThroughout Jules Olitski’s decades-long career, he explored different approaches and techniques to expand the possibilities of Color Field painting. Embraced: Yellow and Black, is part of Olitski’s Embraced series, the third and final phase of his career. To create this work, the artist used an air blower to mix the background colors of the painting directly on the canvas. The white orb was smoothed onto the surface by hand, using paint thickened with pumice. This visionary painting represents a cosmic landscape.
With
Knoedler & Company, New York, NY;
Purchased from Knoedler & Company by Dr. Luther Brady (b. 1925), Philadelphia, by 2014;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2014.
Purchased from Knoedler & Company by Dr. Luther Brady (b. 1925), Philadelphia, by 2014;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2014.
Copyright© Estate of Jules Olitski / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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