MORRIS LOUIS (1912-1962)

Lot 47
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$ 2 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 949508
Lot 47 | MORRIS LOUIS (1912-1962)
Estimate value
$ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
MORRIS LOUIS (1912-1962)

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signed with the artist's initials and dated 'M.L. 58' (lower right)

Magna on canvas

91 1/2 x 149 3/4 in. (232.4 x 380.4 cm.)

Painted in 1958.





Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, New York

Baron Alain de Gunzburg, Paris

Washburn Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986



Literature

D. Upright, Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1985, p. 140, no. 82 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, French & Company, Morris Louis, April–May 1959, no. 11.
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