Limited Edition Book

Agnes Martin (1912 – 2004), Paintings and Drawings 1974 – 1990 , 1991. The complete set of 10 lithographs in colours, on firm transparency paper, with full margins, with text, the sheets loose (as issued) contained in the original grey card portfolio sleeve with printed uppers. With the catalogue’Agnes Martin – Gemälde und Zeichnungen. Portfolio size: 31 x 31 x 1 cm / 12 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 3/8 in. Each sheet size: 29.8 x 29.8 cm / 11.75 x 11.75 in. From the edition of 2500, unsigned as issued. Published by Nemela & Lenzen GmbH, Monchengladback and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam for Agnes Martin’s 1991 retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum. Agnes Martin is perhaps most recognised for her evocative paintings marked out in subtle pencil lines and pale colour washes. Although restrained, her style was underpinned by her deep conviction in the emotive and expressive power of art. Martin believed that spiritual inspiration and not intellect created great work. Without awareness of beauty, innocence and happiness Martin wrote one cannot make works of art. Martin lived and worked in New York, becoming a key figure in the male-dominated fields of 1950s and 1960s abstraction. Then in 1967, just as her art was gaining acclaim, Martin abandoned the city and went in search of solitude and silence. For almost two years she travelled across the US and Canada before finally settling in New Mexico as Georgia OKeeffe, Mark Rothko, DH Lawrence and Edward Hopper had done before her. Working within tightly prescribed limits she imposed on her own practice Martin was able to continue to make extraordinary, visionary paintings, for over three decades until her death in 2004. The item “Agnes Martin Paintings and Drawings prints book portfolio 1991 Stedelijk Museum” is in sale since Monday, September 21, 2020. This item is in the category “Books, Comics & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectable”. The seller is “mementomorixx” and is located in London. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, Japan, Australia.

• Publisher: Nemela & Lenzen GmbH and Stedelijk Museum
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition