LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

90.00 in. (228.60 cm.) (height) by 70.00 in. (177.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, titled and dated 'Adolph Gottlieb "COOL BLAST" 1960' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, New Paintings: Adolph Gottlieb, November-December 1960. The Art Institute of Chicago, 64th Annual American Exhibition, January-February 1961. London, Tate Gallery, Painting and Sculpture of a Decade: 54-64, April-June 1964, p. 95 (illustrated).

Literature:

F. Honour, Weltgeschichte der Kunst, Berlin, 1997, p. 611 (illustrated). "Gottlieb Passes $1 Million Mark," Art and Auction, December 1999, p. 57 (illustrated in color).

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist. Esther Gottlieb, New York. The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York.