Embraced: Yellow and Pink
Artist
Olitski, Jules
(American, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1922 - 2007)
Date2005
OriginUnited States of America
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCarolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III Art Purchase Fund
Object number2017.45
Label TextJules Olitski (American, born Russia, 1922-2007)
Embraced: Yellow and Pink
Acrylic on canvas, 2005
Gift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
In his late 70s, American abstract painter Jules Olitski came full circle to the vivid colors and curvilinear forms of his 1960s canvases. While his early work covered large expanses of canvas in ethereal, sprayed fields of pure color, Embraced: Yellow and Pink embodies his focus on intense chromatic zones with crackled surfaces and harsh contrasts on a dark ground. During these late years, Olitski worked in a studio on Bear Island in New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee. The surrounding landscape’s rocky shore and verdant forests, amplified by the dramatic sunsets and sunrises on the water, served as inspiration for this painting’s deliberate roughness and juxtaposition of burning bright golds with deep blacks, blues, and swirling pink.
Status
On view
