Exposed Painting Charcoal Black on Black
Artist
Callum Innes(Scottish, born 1962)Scottish, born 1962
CultureScottish
Titles
- Exposed Painting Charcoal Black on Black
Date2004
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 68 3/4 × 64 × 1 1/2 in. (174.6 × 162.6 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter and Linda Zweig
Object number2021.318
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 311
On view
Explore Further
Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exposed Painting Charcoal Black on Black demonstrates the conceptual rigor and a delicacy of touch that Callum Innes brings to his process-based abstractions. Innes began this canvas by laying down a white primer, and then bisecting the canvas with a single broad, black band of paint. He then “unpainted” the left half of the black band, brushing on a layer of turpentine that dissolved the top coat of pigment, which then flowed down. As a result, Innes reveals the warmer charcoal-toned hues buried within the seemingly monochromatic palette, imbuing the overall composition with an inner light.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Sean Kelly Gallery, New York]; Peter and Linda Zweig, Houston, 2004; given to the MFAH, 2021.
Exhibition HistoryN.A.
Published References Exposed Painting Charcoal Black on Black has not been published Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated on the reverse: Callum Innes 2004
Verso: Signed in black marker, top right of canvas tacking edge:CIs 04 [cursive] CALLUM INNES 2004 / CI 10804
Verso: Signed in black marker, center right of middle stretcher bar: CI 10804. CI de. [cursive]
Verso: Signed in black marker, center right of middle stretcher bar: CI 10804. CI de. [cursive]
N.A.
Catalogue raisonnéN.A.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.
Catherine Lee
1978
Oil, India ink, matte medium, and graphite on canvas
2009.461
