Morris Louis
Loam

Loam

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Loam
Loam
ArtistAmerican, 1912–1962
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Loam
Date1958
PlaceNew York, United States
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions90 3/4 × 148 in. (230.5 × 375.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number76.319
Not on view

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Provenance[André Emmerich Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition History"Modern American Paintings," Pinacotheque National Musee Alexandre Soutzos, Athens, September 20–November 7, 1982.

"Morris Louis," Museum of Modern Art, New York, October 1, 1986–January 4, 1987; The Fort Worth Art Museum, February 15–April 12, 1987; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C., May 20–July 26, 1987.

"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21–September 3, 1988.

"Art at Midcentury: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 13–September 3, 2001.

"Color Field: Spotlight on the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 28–August 4, 2002.

"Color as Field: American Painting, 1950-75," Denver Art Museum, Denver, November 3, 2007–February 3, 2008; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., February 29–May 26, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, June 20–September 21, 2008.

"Color into Light: Selections from the MFAH Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 13, 2008–March 22, 2009.

Catalogue raisonnéUpright, Diane. Morris Louis: The Complete Paintings: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985, cat. no. 115, illus. p.143.

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