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Brilliant Yellow #9

Rectangular painting of white, framed by a thin, yellow outline and a thicker, black outline.

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  • Rectangular painting of white, framed by a thin, yellow outline and a thicker, black outline.

Date:

1964/65

Artist:

Jo Baer
American, born 1929

About this artwork

In the 1960s, Jo Baer emerged as a central figure in the community of artists that included Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Sol LeWitt. Although Baer’s work from this period relied on the simple geometric forms and serial imagery of much Minimal and Conceptual art of the time, her practice was distinguished by her unwavering commitment to the medium of paint on canvas. Baer was primarily interested in using painting as a vehicle for exploring the complexities of visual perception. From 1963 to 1975, she limited her “imagery” to bands of black combined with colors at the edges of the canvas as a means of emphasizing the essential, objectlike qualities of painting.

Status

On View, Gallery 297

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Jo Baer

Title

Brilliant Yellow #9

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1964–1965

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

121.9 × 152.4 cm (48 × 60 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joel and Carole Bernstein Family

Reference Number

1981.70

Extended information about this artwork

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