Apricot
Robert Irwin (American, 1928–2023)
Title
Apricot
Artist
Robert Irwin (American, 1928–2023)
Date
1964
Medium
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
83 1/4 × 84 3/4 in. (211.5 × 215.3 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
The Phillip G. Schrager Collection. Promised gift of Terri L. Schrager
Object Number
L-2021.3.15
On View
On view
Copyright
© Robert Irwin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Provenance
Mr. E.J. (1899–1993) and Mrs. Irene (née Bevan) Power, London.
With Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin.
The Manilow Collection, Chicago, by 1989;
Purchased from their sale, Christie’s, New York, November 7, 1989, lot 25, by Mr. Phillip G. Schrager (1937–2010), Omaha, Nebraska, 1989–2010;
Inherited by his wife, Mrs. Terri L. Schrager (b. 1953), Omaha, Nebraska, by 2016;
Her promised gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
With Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin.
The Manilow Collection, Chicago, by 1989;
Purchased from their sale, Christie’s, New York, November 7, 1989, lot 25, by Mr. Phillip G. Schrager (1937–2010), Omaha, Nebraska, 1989–2010;
Inherited by his wife, Mrs. Terri L. Schrager (b. 1953), Omaha, Nebraska, by 2016;
Her promised gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska.
Exhibition History
None.
Published References
“Lot 25: Robert Irwin,” in Christie’s Contemporary Art from the Manilow Collection, published in conjunction with the auction in New York, November 7, 1989 (New York: Christie’s, 1989), 14–15, (repro.).
Karin Campbell, The Phillip G. Schrager Collection at the Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2024), 68–69, 141, (repro.).