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Ayin, 1958, 97 3/4 x 141 in. (248.3 x 358.1 cm), Acrylic resin (Magna) on canvas, du164

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Collection:

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Purchased under the terms of the Florence Turner Blake Bequest, 1967

Provenance:

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Exhibitions:

(E 102): New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1966

(E 109): Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art; Kyoto: National Museum of Modern Art; New Delhi, India: Lalit Kala Akademi (color, p. 17); Melbourne, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria (cat. no. 50, ill.); Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales (cat. no. 50, ill.), 1966–67

(E 514): Canberra, Australia: National Gallery of Australia, 2012-2013

References:

Art Gallery of New South Wales, Acquisitions 1967 (1967), comm., p. 35

Art Gallery of New South Wales Quarterly, July 1968, bw, p. 414

(B 249): Fried 1970, bw pl. 42

Suanders, David, "Gallery Building," Art and Australia, 10 no. 1, July 1972, color, p.49

Free, Renee, "European Collection," Art and Australia, 10 no. 1, July 1972, color, p. 71

Art Gallery of New South Wales Picturebook (Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1972) bw, pl. 42

(B 412): Upright 1985, cat. no. 164, color, p.147

Hobbs, Robert, Milton Avery: The Late Paintings (New York: American Federation of Arts, 2001) bw, p. 16

Bond, Anthony, Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection (Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006) p. 425

Seer, Lynne and Ewington, Julie, ed., Brought to Light II: Contemporary Australian Art 1966-2006 (Queensland Art Gallery Publishing, 2007), color, p. 34

ML number:

ML 2-99

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