Untitled (Around Orange)

Artist Sarah Crowner (American, born 1974)

Date2023

MediumAcrylic on canvas; sewn

DimensionsOverall: 72 × 72 inches (182.88 × 182.88 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund

Object number2024.60

SignedVerso: On lower horizontal cross-member, written in black marker: "Sarah Crowner 2023"

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DescriptionThis square composition consists of several panels of canvas painted in different shades of red and orange that are sewn together. The panel on the left is the largest; it is red and takes up about one third of the overall composition. The section to the right is a deeper shade of red interrupted in the center by a curved asymmetrical orange shape with a curved dagger-like off-white section of canvas that lands in the center of the composition. The remaining third of the painting to the right is cut into two nearly equal panels. The first section includes a little snippet of orange painted canvas in the top right corner. The rest of the top half of this small section is the same bright red as the panel to the far left. The lower half of this small section is made up of two oblong shapes in different shades of orange and ends in bright red. The last small section is the same deep red as the central panel and has a small dollop of crimson and the very bottom.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sarah Crowner: Around Orange, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, MO, September 8, 2023–February 4, 2024.

Hot Light, Hard Light, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, March 16–May 24, 2024.

Provenance

Purchased from Sarah Crowner (b. 1974) through Luhring Augustine Gallery (New York, NY) by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

Published References

Burghardt, Caroline. "Sarah Crowner: Around Orange." Luhring Augustine Tribeca, June 2023. Press release.

O'Brien, Emily. "At the Pulitzer, a Contemporary Minimalist Creates a Maximalist Effect." Pulitzer Arts Foundation, June 20, 2023. Press release.

Burghardt, Caroline. "Sarah Crowner: Hot Light, Hard Light." Luhring Augustine Tribeca, March 2024. Press release.

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