Agnes martin

Agnes Martin. Tremolo. 1962. Ink on paper. 10 x 11" (25.5 x 28 cm). The Riklis Collection of McCrory Corporation. 927.1983. © 2024 Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Drawings and Prints

The climb through the Guggenheim’s retrospective of the late abstract painter’s work feels like a secular pilgrimage.

Agnes Martin, This Rain, 1960 | Whitney Museum of American Art

agnes martin at the guggenheim

Artist

Born and raised in Canada, abstract artist Agnes Martin (1912–2004) moved to the United States as a young woman and became a major figure in postwar American abstraction. Read her biography here.

Agnes Martin. Praise from the Rubber Stamp Portfolio. 1976, published 1977. One from a portfolio of thirteen rubber stamps. composition (irreg.): 8 1/16 x 8 5/16" (20.5 x 21.1 cm); sheet: 11 x 11" (28 x 28 cm). Parasol Press, Ltd., New York. Triton Press, New York. Gift of Parasol Press, Ltd. and the Publications Department of The Museum of Modern Art. 181.1977.9. © 2024 Estate of Agnes Martin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Portfolio. Drawings and Prints

Lee Ufan. From Line. 1974. Oil on canvas. 71 1/2 x 89 3/8" (181.6 x 227 cm). Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds. 392.2010. Painting and Sculpture

“My paintings are not about what is seen. They are about what is known forever in the mind.” Agnes Martin’s world is one of order and tranquillity, as minutely patterned grids and ruler straight bands expand across vast surfaces suggesting wide open space. Yet there is also sensitive musicality at play as lines tremble and...

Agnes Martin was one of the most influential painters of her generation and left an enduring mark on the history of modern and contemporary art