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Cirium
Kenneth Noland (American, 1924–2010)

Title

Cirium

Artist

Kenneth Noland (American, 1924–2010)

Date

1964

Medium

acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

103 × 216 1/2 in. (261.6 × 549.9 cm)

Classification

Painting

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts Purchase Plan Grant and matching funds from the Joslyn Women's Association and the Art Acquisition Endowment Fund

Object Number

1978.266

On View

On view

Copyright

© Kenneth Noland

Provenance

Richard Bellamy (1927–1998), New York.
Mary McFadden (1938–2024), possibly New York.
With André Emmerich Gallery, New York, by 1978;
Purchased from André Emmerich Gallery by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1978.

Exhibition History

Kenneth Noland, David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, February 1–March 1, 1965.

Major Works, André Emmerich Gallery, New York, October 15–November 9, 1977.

Mostly X-L, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, July 1–August 28, 1983.

Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, August 14–September 26, 1993.

Published References

Robert C. Lamm, Neal M. Cross, and Rudy H. Turk, The Search for Personal Freedom, 7th ed. (Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown, 1984), 2: 382–83, (repro.).

Holliday T. Day and Hollister Sturges, eds., Joslyn Art Museum: Paintings & Sculpture from the European & American Collections (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 1987), 210, 211–12, (repro.).