LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Collage and acrylic on canvas

Measurements:

75.98 in. (193.00 cm.) (height) by 94.02 in. (238.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed, titled and dated "P. Taaffe, 1985, MIDNIGHT BLUE" on the reverse.

Exhibited:

Hamburg, Galerie Ascan Crone, Philip Taaffe, February 13 - March 22, 1986

Literature:

Philip Taaffe, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg 1986, p. 24 (illustrated); R. Smith, "Philip Taaffe," Art in America, June, 1986, p. 125; K. Honnef, Kunst der Gegenwart, Cologne 1990, p. 192 (illustrated); G. de Vries (Hg.), Paul Maenz, Köln, 1970 - 1980 - 1990; Eine Avantgarde-Galerie und die Kunst unserer Zeit, Cologne 1991, p. 226 (illustrated); H. Rosenberg, Barnett Newman, New York 1994, p. 145 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg; Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne; Private Collection