Photography by Edward C. Robison III
Trinity
The bottom section of this painting features large, messy swaths of black paint. Hovering above are three large, tightly painted circles and a smaller yellow one on the left side. Although a part of Adolph Gottlieb’s Imaginary Landscape series, he denied being inspired by nature or the known world. What do you see when you look at this work?
ArtistAdolph Gottlieb, 1903–1974
Date1962
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions80 x 185 in. (203.2 x 469.9 cm)
Signedverso: [signed, titled and dated 1962]
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2011.23
ClassificationPainting
Provenance(Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY); purchased by W. Hawkins Ferry [1913-1988], Detroit, MI, 1962; to Estate of W. Hawkins Ferry, Detroit, MI, 1988; by bequest to Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, 1988; to (Sotheby's, Inc., New York, NY), May 10, 2011, sale N08744, lot 35; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2011
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 14× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.