Collection of Jacques Tiffeau, New York (gift of the artist in 1967)
Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto
Collection of Morey and Jennifer Chaplick, Toronto (acquired from the above in 1989)
Gift of the above to the present owner in 1996

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005, June - August 2005

This work is in very good condition overall. There is light evidence of handling along the edges, which are fabric taped. There is a light discoloration in the lower left corner to the unpainted canvas. Under very close inspection, there are surface irregularities inherent to the canvas weave that have discolored slightly in the beige passage and there are a few pinpoint stray media accretions visible throughout, all likely inherent from the time of execution, most noticeably a beige media accretion in the center of the canvs, 15-inches from the top edge. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"Hindsight is easy, but I guess I wanted to retain the drawing depths of the Cubist gestalt and at the same time stretch to other edges, corners; ambiguous space that's both smack on the surface (the surface of a picture, is, after all, flat!) and yet travel miles in space. Color came from/after/with drawing. Color can be beautiful in terms of how it works in space; how it moves, yet remains in place. If color doesn't move in space it is only decoration."
Helen Frankenthaler