The Buttercup Fairy - A Young Girl
Artist/Maker
Agnes Martin
(American, born in Canada, 1912–2004)
Date1999
MediumAcrylic and graphite on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 60 × 60 in. (152.4 × 152.4 cm)
Frame: 61 × 61 × 3 in. (154.9 × 154.9 × 7.6 cm)
Frame: 61 × 61 × 3 in. (154.9 × 154.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Milly and Arne Glimcher in honor of Douglas Baxter (OC 1972)
Object number2012.31
Status
Not on viewThis painting exemplifies the enduring nature of artist Agnes Martin’s sublime sense of geometry, color combination, and artistic rigor.
In the late 1950s, Martin had begun using geometric forms and obsessively drawing grids, a format she associated with nature. “When I first made a grid,” she wrote, “I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do... I thought, this is my vision.” The “innocence” she envisioned appears in some sense to be reflected here, through both the painting’s delicate coloration and its title.
Exhibition History
In the late 1950s, Martin had begun using geometric forms and obsessively drawing grids, a format she associated with nature. “When I first made a grid,” she wrote, “I happened to be thinking of the innocence of trees and then this grid came into my mind and I thought it represented innocence, and I still do... I thought, this is my vision.” The “innocence” she envisioned appears in some sense to be reflected here, through both the painting’s delicate coloration and its title.
New Acquisitions and Old Friends
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 3, 2021 - June 12, 2022 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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1999
postmarked July 4, 1958
