The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Number 99

Number 99

1959–1960
(American, 1912–1962)
America, 20th century
acrylic resin (Magna) on canvas
Unframed: 251.3 x 360.5 cm (98 15/16 x 141 15/16 in.)
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1968.110
© Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Rights Administered by Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York, All Rights Reserved.
Location: 001C ArtLens Exhibition

Did You Know?

Astonishingly, Louis painted his large canvases in his modest 12 x 14-foot dining room.

Description

Louis is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of painters based in Washington, DC, during the 1960s and '70s. These artists tended to create large colorful compositions with repeated shapes, often using diluted paint.
  • (Park International, Inc., New York)
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 204 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969. Mentioned: p. 5 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 256 archive.org
  • Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (organizer) (October 28, 2006-January 21, 2007); Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (February 10-May 6, 2007); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (September 19, 2007-January 6, 2008).
    High Museum of Art (10/28/2006 - 1/21/2007), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (2/10/2007 - 5/6/2007), and the Hirshorrn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC (9/19/2007 - 1/6/2008): "Morris Louis Now: An American Master Revisited"
    Morris Lewis: The Veil Cycle. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (February 6-March 27, 1977); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (April 15-May 29, 1977); Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (June 19-July 31, 1977); Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY (September 11-October 23, 1977); The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (November 29, 1977-January 22, 1978).
    Heritage and Horizon: American Painting 1776 - 1976. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (organizer) (March 7-April 11, 1976); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (May 2-June 13, 1976); The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (July 4-August 15, 1976); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 8-October 10, 1976).
    Year in Review: 1968. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 29-March 9, 1969).
  • {{cite web|title=Number 99|url=false|author=Morris Louis|year=1959–1960|access-date=19 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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