Untitled
Untitled
Artist
Creation date
1971
Materials
oil on paper
Dimensions
22 1/8 x 22 in.
Credit line
Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Accession number
2008.286
Part of the generation that came of age following the rise of Abstract Expressionism, James Bishop continued to explore the expressive possibilities of form and color. He chose to work with dramatically reduced painterly forms, as exemplified in the delicate washes of white paint in the present work. Although the composition is firmly abstract, its sense of space and form also suggest subtle architectural references. Bishop moved from New York to France in the late 1950s, and as a result became better known in Europe than the U.S. for many years.
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; given to the National Gallery of Art probably 1991-1992; given to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2008 through the national gift program The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, organized by the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
