Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin was born in Macklin, Canada, in 1912. She died in rural New Mexico in 2004.

Art

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Square, white, framed painting with two rectangular, dark-gray shapes hovering above two rectangular, beige shapes. — Agnes Martin

Window, 1957
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A central black diamond on a metallic-brown background is interrupted by a vertical white stripe in this framed square painting. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1957 c.
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Square, beige, framed painting with three horizontal, blue-gray stripes at center and two horizontal, gold rectangles outlined in white placed above and below the stripes. — Agnes Martin

The Spring, 1958
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Square, framed painting with horizontal, white bands along top and bottom, next to black bands, framing a brown center square with twenty-five evenly spaced black dots. — Agnes Martin

Earth, 1959
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Square, beige, framed painting with two vertical, lighter rectangles at center. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1959
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Rectangular, horizontal, beige, framed painting with grid of thin, gray lines. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1959 c.
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Square, gray, framed painting with two mirrored squares at center, with horizontal bands of brown, light brown, and beige. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1959 c.
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Rectangular, vertical, beige, framed painting with grid of thin, gray lines. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1959 c.
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Square, gray, framed painting with thin, horizontal, black stripe at center with four horizontal, gray bands and two white dots above and below the stripe. — Agnes Martin

Untitled, 1960
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Square, framed painting with fifteen alternating vertical bands of pale orange and light blue. — Agnes Martin

Untitled #12, 1975
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Square, framed painting with six alternating horizontal bands of pale yellow and blue. — Agnes Martin

Love, 1999
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Square, framed painting of thick, horizontal, white bands alternating with thin, bluish-white stripes. — Agnes Martin

Contentment, 1999
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Square, framed painting with seven alternating horizontal bands of pale yellow, blue, and gray. — Agnes Martin

Innocent Living, 1999
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Square, beige, framed painting with horizontal, pale orange and pale blue stripes at center. — Agnes Martin

Happiness, 1999
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Square, white, framed painting with four evenly spaced, horizontal, light blue stripes. — Agnes Martin

Innocent Happiness, 1999
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Square, framed painting with thin, horizontal, bluish-white stripes alternating with thick, pale-yellow bands. — Agnes Martin

Perfect Happiness, 1999
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Square, framed painting with five alternating horizontal bands of light gray and pale blue. — Agnes Martin

Innocent Love, 1999
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Square, framed painting with six alternating horizontal stripes of light pink, pale yellow, and light blue. — Agnes Martin

Where Babies Come From, 1999
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Square, framed painting of thick, horizontal, pale orange bands alternating with thin, bluish-white stripes. — Agnes Martin

Benevolence, 2001
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Square, gray, framed painting with six thin, horizontal, white, centered lines. — Agnes Martin

Untitled #20, 2002
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Square, framed painting with a thick, vertical, gray band at center and two thin, vertical, white bands along left and right edges. — Agnes Martin

Untitled #16, 2002
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Square, black, framed painting with two silver squares at lower left and right corners and horizontal silver band along top edge. — Agnes Martin

Untitled #17, 2002
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Exhibitions and Projects

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Square, framed painting with six alternating horizontal bands of pale yellow and blue. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin

December 13, 2008–March 26, 2017, Dia Beacon
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Square, framed painting with six alternating horizontal bands of pale yellow and blue. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin: Homage to [a] Life: Paintings 1990-2004

April 6–November 26, 2007, Dia Beacon
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Two identically sized, square, white paintings hang on adjacent walls in a white room, and another square, white painting is seen on a white wall in the next room. Each painting has different sized horizontal stripes in alternating shades of white. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin: A Field of Vision: Paintings from the 1980s

August 3, 2006–March 5, 2007, Dia Beacon
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Square, framed painting with fifteen alternating vertical bands of pale orange and light blue. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin: To the Islands: Paintings 1974-79

December 2, 2005–June 26, 2006, Dia Beacon
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Square, beige, framed painting with two vertical, lighter rectangles at center. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin: "...unknown territory..." Paintings from the 1960s

April 4–November 17, 2005, Dia Beacon
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Square, framed painting with horizontal, white bands along top and bottom, next to black bands, framing a brown center square with twenty-five evenly spaced black dots. — Exhibition

Agnes Martin: "...going forward into unknown territory..." Early Paintings 1957-1967

May 16, 2004–April 11, 2005, Dia Beacon
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Books

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Agnes Martin

This important anthology brings together the most current scholarship on Agnes Martin's paintings by essayists considering the many facets of the artist's four-decade career.

Watch & Listen

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Zoe Leonard on Agnes Martin

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Vija Celmins on Agnes Martin

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Jutta Koether on Agnes Martin

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Jennie C. Jones on Agnes Martin

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Koether-Martin — Jutta Koether on Agnes Martin
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aoa jennie c jones on agnes martin — Jennie C. Jones on Agnes Martin
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