COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
WMAA.95.259a-d
AMICA Library Year:
2003
Object Type:
Paintings
Orientation/Arrangement :
d) Lower right: Canvases are irregular and should be framed so that the irregularities arepreserved (see artist questionnaire in Cataloguing Office).
Creator Name:
Leslie, Alfred
Creator Role:
Reproduction Agreement Signer
Creator Dates/Places:
1927-
Gender:
M
Creator Name-CRT:
Alfred Leslie
Title:
Big Green
Title Type:
Title
Title:
Four Panel Green
Title Type:
Title Variation
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1957
Creation Start Date:
1957
Creation End Date:
1957
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Framed, overall 146 x 139 5/8 in.(370.84 x 354.65 cm. )Overall 145 x 138 11/16 in.a) Upper left 72 1/4 x 58 3/8 in.b) Upper right 71 7/8 x 79 1/8 in.c) Lower left 72 11/16 x 58 3/4 in.d) Lower right 72 x 79 5/8 in.
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Height
Measurement Value:
370.84
Measurement Unit:
cm
Component Measured:
Object
Measurement Dimension:
Width
Measurement Value:
354.65
Measurement Unit:
cm
Measurement Unit:
cm
AMICA Contributor:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
95.259a-d
Credit Line:
Gift of the artist
Parts and Pieces:
95.259c,c) Lower left,c) Lower left
Parts and Pieces:
95.259d,d) Lower right,d) Lower right
Parts and Pieces:
95.259a,a) Upper left,a) Upper left
Parts and Pieces:
95.259b,b) Upper right,b) Upper right
Inscriptions:
On verso of a): 1957 N.Y.C. BIG GREEN 6' x 6'7"On verso of b): N.Y.OCH 01/29/1996 ,Needs conservation ,Fabric distorted overall; multiple paint layersare chipped, blistered and cracked; paint loss throughout; deep diagonal gouge lowerleft corner of panel b); particulate soil layer over surface and scattered areas ofstaining and discoloration ,
Provenance:
Collection of the artist, 1956 - 1995
Context - Date:
1957 - 1957
Context - Person:
Leslie Alfred
Context - Person:
Leslie Alfred
Context - Person:
Leslie Alfred
Context - Person:
Leslie Alfred
Exhibition History:
"Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965"
Exhibition History:
The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-2000 (Part II)
Exhibition History:
Abstraction at Mid-Century, Masterpieces from the Whitney Museum of American Art (formerlyAbstraction 1940-1970)
Related Image Identifier Link:
WMAA.02027.tif
