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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Untitled #7
Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Untitled #7

Artist (1912 - 2004)
Date1981
MediumAcrylic, colored pencil, and gesso on canvas
Dimensions72 1/2 × 72 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (184.2 × 184.2 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Signedverso, c.r.: a. martin 1981
On View
Not on view
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Label TextUntitled #7—with its faintly visible horizontal stripes—does not shout for attention, but rather draws you closer with a whisper. Although she began her career as a figurative artist, Agnes Martin’s discovery of the grid in 1961 altered her work’s focus and provided inspiration for the rest of her life. Here, she simplifies her characteristic rows and columns by painting only horizontal bands. While other artists embraced the rigor of grids, Martin held a singular belief in their potential to elicit emotion.

Sin título n.º 7, con sus franjas horizontales apenas visibles, no exige que se le preste atención, sino que le atrae con un susurro. Aunque comenzó su carrera como artista figurativa, Agnes Martin redirigió el foco de su carrera al descubrir la grilla en 1961, lo cual la inspiró durante el resto de su vida. Aquí, simplifica sus características hileras y columnas al pintar sólo franjas horizontales. Mientras los otros artistas incorporaron el rigor de las grillas, Martin tenía la singular creencia de que estas eran capaces de provocar emociones.
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