Omega 59 Minus One

Inscription

Signed and dated upper left: HWS 1959

Literature

Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Hassel Smith: Paintings, 1937-1997, Munich, 2012, p. 117.

Technique

Oil on canvas

Illustrated in Publications

Bruce Nixon, Hassel Smith, Davis, California 1997, p. 65. Petra Giloy-Hirtz, Hassel Smith: Paintings, 1937-1997, Munich, 2012, p. 117.

Dimensions

48 x 68 in. (121.9 x 172.7 cm)

Catelogue Number

HWS.115

Location

Private collection

Photo Credits

Private collector

Category

Painting

Provenance

Iannetti-Lanzone Gallery Inc., San Francisco, no. HAS0018. Private collection, New Jersey (acquired from the above in 1988). Private collection, California (acquired from the above). Bonhams New York, 20th / 21st Century Art Evening Sale, 15 May 2024, Lot 2A.

Keyword

Abstract expressionism

Exhibitions

San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, On Looking Back, 1968. Los Angeles, Blum Helman, Hassel Smith: Paintings from the 1950's and 1960's, 1987. Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Museum, Hassel Smith: 55 Years of Painting, October 2002 - January 2003 (later traveled to Laguna Beach). San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, Hassel Smith, 2012.