Spilling Over: Painting Color in the 1960s

Mar 29–Aug 18, 2019

Exhibition works

Concentric squares in shades of orange and red.

1

Josef Albers

Homage to the Square: "Wait", 1967

Painting of a woman and legs in bright colors.

2

Emma Amos

An abstract painting with a bright red background and pattern of green and blue squares

3

Richard Anuszkiewicz

The Fourth of the Three, 1963

A painting that depictes the shape of South America three times, under diluted color washes

4

Frank Bowling

Dan Johnson's Surprise, 1969

An abstract painting depicting organic shapes in varying shades of orange and yellow on a deep blue background

5

Helen Frankenthaler

Orange Mood, 1966

A painted canvas draped on a white wall.

6

Sam Gilliam

Bow Form Construction, 1968

An abstract shape with teal and orange sides.

7

Marcia Hafif

72., March 1965, 1965

White and green artwork by Carmen Herrera.

8

Carmen Herrera

Blanco y Verde, 1959

A man in a white shirt on a blue background.

9

Alex Katz

Edwin, Blue Series, 1965

A minimalist artwork featuring two elongated, rounded rectangles, one blue on the left and one green on the right, set against a vibrant red background.

10

Ellsworth Kelly

Blue Green Red, 1964

Abstract painting with blue and red paint on the left side and green, black, and yellow paint on the run, running towards the bottom center of the canvas.

11

Morris Louis

Gamma Delta, 1959-60

An orange septehedron-shaped canvas

12

Alvin Loving

Septehedron 34, 1970

A painting of multicolored horizontal stripes.

13

Kenneth Noland

New Day, 1967

Atop a neutral tan background, there is a swirl of purple paint stroke. On top of the purple stroke, there is a neutral tan rectangle.

14

Robert Reed

Plum Nellie, Sea Stone, 1972

A painting featuring brightly colored shapes.

15

Miriam Schapiro

Concentric shrinking squares of color inlaid on each other.

16

Frank Stella

Gran Cairo, 1962

Colorful depiction of people and animals by Bob Thompson.

17

Bob Thompson

Triumph of Bacchus, 1964

An orange figure sitting in a field of green and blue.

18

Kay WalkingStick

April Contemplating May, 1972

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