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Willow, 1962, 93 x 9 1/2 in. (236.2 x 24.1 cm), Acrylic resin (Magna) on canvas, Inscribed, back: Willow M Louis 62, du586

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Collection:

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, United States. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn, 1965

Provenance:

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Siegel, New York

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kahn, New York

Exhibitions:

(E 152): American Federation of Arts (circulating exhibition) (cat. no. 16, bw), 1969–70

Athens, Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art; Amarillo, Texas: Junior League of Amarillo; Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Coe College; Potsdam, New York: State University College Art Gallery; Montreal, Canada: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Mobile, Alabama: Mobile Art Gallery; Binghamton, New York: Roberson Center, American Painting: The 1960's, 1969 - 1970

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art Corporate Loan Program, 1971–74

(E 372): Montgomery, Alabama: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts; Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; St. Petersburg, Florida: Museum of Fine Arts; Columbus, Ohio: Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; Colorado Springs, Colorado: Fine Arts Center, 1980–81

New York: Whitey Museum of American Art, 1 September - 7 November 1989

Asheville, North Carolina: Asheville Art Museum Abstraction 1940-1970, 15 June - 3 October 1999

Austin, Texas: Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, 8 September - 29 October 2000

Athens, Georgia: Georgia Museum of Art, 20 January - 17 March 2001

Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 31 March - 17 June 2001

Palm Springs, California: Palm Springs Desert Museum, 17 November 2001 - 3 February 2002

References:

Catalogue of the Collection (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974), p. 155

(B 412): Upright 1985, cat. no. 586, color, p.186

ML number:

ML 5-44

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