ROBERT RYMAN

Untitled, 1960
Oil on canvas
43 x 43 inches
109 x 109 cm
Signed and dated in white, vertically along the lower right edge: "Ryman 60"

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection

Exhibition History:
John Webber Gallery, New York. Robert Ryman Early Paintings, 1 April - 22 April 1972.

New York State Art Gallery, Albany. New York: The State of Art, 1977.

P.S.1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island. Abstract Painting 1960-69, 16 January - 13 March 1983.

Espace d'Art Contemporain, Paris. Robert Ryman Pientures, 1958-1991, 27 October 1991 - 23 July 1992.

Martin-Groupius Bau, Berlin. American Art in the 20th Century: Painting and Sculpture, 1913-1993, 8 May - 25 July 1993; traveled to Royal Academy of Arts, London, 19 September - 12 December 1993.

Literature Reference:
Necol, Jane and Maurice Poirier. "The 60's in Abstract: 13 Statements and an Essay," Art in America, vol. 71, no. 9, October 1983. Ill. p. 123.

Sandler, Irving. American Art of the 1960's. Harper and Row: New York, 1988. Ill. p. 275.

Sauer, Christel and Urs Raussmuller, eds. Robert Ryman. Espace d'Art Contemporain: Paris, 1991. Ill. p. 85.

Joachimides, Christos M. and Norman Rosenthal, eds. American Art in the Twentieth Century: Painting and Sculpture, 1913-1993. Prestel Verlag: Munich, 1993. Ill. no. 195.

Adolphs, Volker. Robert Ryman. Ostfildern: Edition Tertium, 2000. Ill. p. 100.

Tuchman, Phyllis and Amy Backer Sandback. Interview with Robert Ryman. Zurich 2002. Ill. no. 20.