T IV 54
[Sans titre – Peinture acrylique blanche sur tissu rayé blanc et gris clair]
[No title – White acrylic paint onwhite and light gray striped cloth ]
July 1970
White acrylic paint on cotton canvas woven in alternating white and gray vertical stripes, each 8.7cm. (± 0.3), wide.
153 x 140 cm (on unstretched canvas).
Paris, France
Description
The last two white stripes at each edge are painted over with white paint on both the front and back sides.
The painting is part of a series of twenty works from 1966 to 1977, having belonged to the collector Marc Martin-Malburet, conceived as a single new composite work in December 1995,
installed on two facing walls for the exhibition "Passions privees" [Private passions], at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris.
Since the reopening of the museum after renovation in 2006, the twenty works are displayed on one single wall, opposite La Danse, 193101933, by Matisse.
Historique• 1970, December, Marc Martin-Malburet, Paris, France
• 1995, storage at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, France
• 2000, March, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, France
CollectionMuseum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, came into the collection with the help of Marc Martin-Malburet and the Society of the Friends of the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, 2000
Inv.: AMVP 2832
