Object number1977.23.5
Six Square
Date1951
Artist
Grace Hartigan
(American, 1922-2008)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 59 13/16 x 64 9/16 in. (152 x 164 cm)
Framed: 60 5/8 x 65 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (154 x 167.3 x 4.1 cm)
Framed: 60 5/8 x 65 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. (154 x 167.3 x 4.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Rindge Claflin
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed upper right: Hartigan 51
InscribedOn verso, Tibor Nagy Gallery label with tombstone information, there titled "Six Square"
BibliographyNobuyuki, Okabe, "Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College," (Japan: Yamagata Museum of Art) Cat. no. 78, p. 136; An Exhibition in Memory of Agnes Rindge Claflin, (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1978), p. 25 repr.; Promised Gifts '77 (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 1977), p. 25 repr;
Ledesma, Jared, "The Basis of My Own Creation" Grace Hartigan and Poetic Exchange, in Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, Lewes, UK: Giles, 2025), p. 7
Matthew Gale, "Miró and The United States," ed. Matthew Gale (Barcelona: Fundació Joan Miró, 2025), p. 177ProvenanceTibor Nagy Gallery, New YorkVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition History9th Street Art Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, New York, NY, May 21 - June 10, 1951;Promised Gifts '77, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 20 - May 22, 1977;
An Exhibition in Memory of Agnes Rindge Claflin 1900-1977, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 30 - June 4, 1978;
Paris--New York; Modern Paintings in 19th and 20th Century Master Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, Shimane Art Museum, Matsue, Japan, March 7 - May 11, 2008; Ishibashi Museum of Art, Kurume, Japan, May 17 - July 20, 2008; Yamagata Museum of Art, Yamagata, Japan, July 30 - August 31, 2008; Fuchu Art Museum, Fuchu, Japan, September 6 - November 3, 2008; Miyazaki Prefectural Art Museum, Miyazaki, Japan, November 14 - December 14, 2008;
XL: Large-scale Paintings from the Permanent Collection, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 30 - March 29, 2015;
Miró and the United States, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, October 10, 2025 - February 22, 2026; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, March 21, 2026 - July 5, 2026
DescriptionLarge brushstrokes of straight, gently curved, and bent lines atop one another in colors of white, yellow, red, blue, and black.
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