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P73 #7

Artist Jack Tworkov (American, 1900 - 1982)

Date1973

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 90 × 127 1/8 inches (228.6 × 322.9 cm)
Framed: 91 1/2 × 128 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (232.41 × 326.39 × 7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Tworkov Ford Partnership

Object number2024.79

SignedPrinted and handwritten paper label on crossbar: “B400x / JACK TWORKOV / P-73-#7 / Oil on canvas / 90” x 127” / 1973 / Nancy Hoffman Gallery 429 West Broadway New York 10012 2120966-6676 [in red print] / J.T. 8/21/81 OK [handwritten in black ink in upper right corner]” • Handwritten in pen on crossbar: “127” x 90” ” • In red paint on proper left upper corner canvas verso: “P.73-#7 / 90 x 127” • Printed and handwritten yellow label on crossbar: “[OFA emblem] OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS / FINE ARTS PACKERS AND SHIPPERS / NEW YORK – SAN FRANCISCO / Lot No. / 4358 [handwritten in black marker] / Piece No. / #32 [handwritten in black marker] • Graphite on crossbar: “63 ½” • Printed paper label on crossbar: “THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM / Loan # 33.82 Catalog # 15 / Exhibition Jack Tworkov / Lender Nancy Hoffman Gallery” • Est. graphite on crossbar: “Fin. 9.26.73” • In red paint of canvas verso near center top: “[UP arrow] / Top” • Printed paper label on crossbar: “Mitchell-Innes & Nash / 1018 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10021 / True and False: Paintings 1960-1975 / January 15 – February 20, 2010 / JACK TWORKOV / Untitled (P 73 #7) / Cat. no. MI&N 8536” • Printed paper label on crossbar: “NITCHELL-INNESS & NASH / NEW YORK / JACK TWORKOV / P73 #7 / 1973 / Oil on canvas / 90 by 127 in. 228.6 by 322.6 cm. / (MI&N 8536)” Page 2 of 2 2024-79_Tworkov_P73 #7_Ex_20241230 • Typed paper label on crossbar: “JACK TWORKOV / P. 73 #7 / Oil on canvas / 90” x 127” / 1973 / Nancy Hoffman Gallery 429 West Broadway New York 10012 2120966-6676 [in red print, damaged]” • Small circular paper label with type: “NG / 13”

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DescriptionThis large horizontally oriented painting is a gray, monochromatic abstract composition composed of irregular brushstrokes, ruler-drawn lines, and regular patterns.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Jack Tworkov: Recent Paintings, Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, MI, October 20–November 22, 1973.

Jack Tworkov / Recent Paintings, Harcus / Krakow / Rosen / Sonnabend Gallery, Boston, MA, January 5–February 2, 1974.

Jack Tworkov, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY, March 16–April 10, 1974.

Twelve American painters: Richard Diebenkorn, Richard Estes, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Conrad Marca-Relli, Robert Motherwell, Philip Pearlstein, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, Jack Tworkov, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, September 30–October 27, 1974.

34^th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 22–April 6, 1975, ill. in b/w p. 105, lent by Nancy Hoffman Gallery.

Jack Tworkov: Paintings and Drawings: 1968–1975, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH, November 11–December 6, 1975, no. 13, ill. in b/w, pl. 13, lent by Nany Hoffman Gallery. Traveled to: Sullivan Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, January 6–February 7, 1976; Kilcawley Center Art Gallery, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, February 11–March 9, 1976; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, March 15–April 29, 1976.

Jack Tworkov: Paintings 1950–78, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom, May 18–June 17, 1979, no. 19, ill. in color, p. 43 as P3 73 No. 7, lent by Nancy Hoffman Gallery. Traveled to: Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, June 23–14, 1979; Academy Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom, August 3–31, 1979; Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland, October 4–November 4, 1979; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom, November 16–December 14, 1979.

Jack Tworkov: Fifteen Years of Painting, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, April 6–June 20, 1982, no. 15, ill in b/w, p. 32, lent by Nancy Hoffman Gallery.

Jack Tworkov: True and False: Paintings 1960 – 1975, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, January 15–February 20, 2010.

Jack Tworkov: Towards Nirvana / Works from the 70s, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY, January 14 – March 20, 2021, ill. in color, p. 9.

Provenance

With the artist and his estate, New York, NY, 1973–2024;

Gift of the Tworkov Ford Partnership (New York, NY) to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2024.

Published References

Wei, Lilly. “Jack Tworkov at Mitchell-Innes & Nash.” Art News 109:4 (April 2010), ill. in color, p. 110.

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