Maxine's House

1939-1940

Morris Louis

Artist, American, 1912 - 1962

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Artwork overview

Medium

oil on canvas
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mrs. Martin Codel through the Friends of the Corcoran)
Dimensions

overall: 74.93 × 62.23 cm (29 1/2 × 24 1/2 in.)
framed: 94.3 × 81.92 × 4.76 cm (37 1/8 × 32 1/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
Accession

2015.19.151

Provenance

Mrs. Martin Codel, Washington; gift 14 April 1976 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1985

Upright, Diane. Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings, A Catalogue Raisonné. New York, 1985: repro. 135, 194, no. 3.

2011

Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 307, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: M.Louis; top center of stretcher, to left, reverse: MORRIS LOUIS / "MAXINE'S HOUSE" 1939-1940

Wikidata ID

Q46635182