Breaking Hue bears all the characteristics of Louis's early experiments with Magna, the specific acrylic paint that he had adopted as his sole medium by 1954. Magna dried more quickly than oil paint and retained its intensity of hue even when diluted. Most importantly, successive pours of paint...
Provenance
The artist; to Mrs. Marcella Louis Brenner, 1962; with André Emmerich Gallery, New York, 1973; to MFA, Boston, 1973
Credit Line
Sophie M. Friedman Fund
Copyright
© Morris Louis
1954
- Morris Louis, American, 1912–1962
Accession Number
1973.1
Medium or Technique
Acrylic solution (Magna) on canvas