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Artist

Jules Olitski (Primary)

Title

Mother of Night - 10

Date

1973

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

Canvas: 90 x 60 in. , Frame: 93 1/4 x 61 1/4 in.

Style

Color Field

Object Type

Paintings

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Gordon Hanes

Accession Number

1991.12.24

Copyright

In Copyright
© Jules Olitski Art Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Associated with the Color Field movement, which abandoned figurative and gestural paintings for flat expanses of color, Olitski approached Color Field painting with an additional interest in the materiality of paint. By spraying, rolling, and scraping paint onto canvas, he achieved rich texture and heavy impasto that is without narrative. He captures the interplay of light and color in Mother of Night - 10 with opulent and crackling yellow undulating across the surface. A thin line of blue and pink on the left edge is a common device used by the artist to subtly disrupt the viewer’s experience. Though evocative, the title of the work is not meant to be interpretive, as it was given after the work was completed and used solely for identification.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Hilary Schroeder

• Nonobjective