Untitled Triptych
Robert Barry
(American, born in 1936)
2014
Medium/TechniqueAcrylic on canvas in three parts
DimensionsOverall: 153 x 464.2 cm (60 1/4 x 182 3/4 in.)
Credit LineRobert L. Beal, Enid L. Beal and Bruce A. Beal Acquisition Fund and Museum purchase with funds donated by The Beal Family Foundation / Bruce A. Beal and Robert L. Beal
Accession number2014.1011.1-3
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In the 1960s, Robert Barry was an early pioneer of conceptual art, which prizes the ideas behind an artwork above all else. He was among the first to replace traditional visual forms with language which continues to play an important part in his work. Here, scattered across the vivid yellow surface of each canvas, is a play of open-ended words that we are free to interpret. The canvases are connected enigmatically by “together” and “almost.”
Provenance2014, consigned by the artist to Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA; 2014, sold by Barbara Krakow Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)
