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Norman Bluhm, ca. 1980sCourtesy of The Estate of Norman Bluhm and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
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NORMAN BLUHM
Argyrus, 1967
Oil on canvas
96 x 80 inches
243.8 x 203.2 cm
(MMG#37348)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Bulgaroctonus, 1967
Oil on canvas90 x 80 inches
228.6 x 203.2 cm(MMG#37483) -
NORMAN BLUHM
Ducas, 1967
Oil on canvas
94 3/4 x 80 inches
240.7 x 203.2 cm
(MMG#37344)
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"The current exhibition, focusing on the years 1967 to 1972, is the second presentation of Norman Bluhm’s art by the Miles McEnery Gallery. It follows the gallery’s 2022 exhibition of the artist’s paintings of the 1970s. The luscious, boldly colored paintings of that decade represent the culmination of a path Bluhm began charting in the works that are included in the current exhibition, as he advanced out of abstract expressionism."
- Alex Grimley in "Norman Bluhm in Context: 1967–1972"
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NORMAN BLUHM
Aphrodite, 1969
Oil on canvas
90 x 86 inches
228.6 x 218.4 cm
(MMG#37347)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Thisbe, 1969
Oil on canvas
86 x 76 inches
218.4 x 193 cm
(MMG#34174)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Opis, 1970
Oil on canvas
85 x 76 inches
215.9 x 193 cm
(MMG#37345)
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"In many of his paintings from this period, Bluhm’s gestures push against the edges of the canvas, simultaneously exerting pressure, defying containment, and suggesting expansion into the real space outside the painting. Take, for example, the pink band whipping in from the top of Opis (1970). It careens off the left edge before looping back across the surface."
- Alex Grimley in "Norman Bluhm in Context: 1967–1972"
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NORMAN BLUHM
Chryseis, 1971
Oil on canvas
82 x 73 5/8 inches
208.3 x 187 cm
(MMG#37343)
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"It is those correspondences between Bluhm’s work of this period and the broader context of late ’60s and early ’70s abstraction that feel most vital at this moment, more than half a century after these works were created. Three qualities stand out: Bluhm’s sensuous color palette, his pictorial engagement with the physical boundaries of the painting, and the loose seriality among the works."
- Alex Grimley in "Norman Bluhm in Context: 1967–1972"
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NORMAN BLUHM
Priam, 1971
Oil on canvas
48 x 111 inches
121.9 x 281.9 cm
(MMG#34157)
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"Bluhm introduced an array of pinks, periwinkles, lilacs, and light purples into his work. Though it may today be difficult to conceive of a 'controversial' color palette, reviewers characterized these new soft tones in less than favorable terms, finding the colors more appropriate for cosmetic counters and confectionaries than for the creation of high art."
- Alex Grimley in "Norman Bluhm in Context: 1967–1972"
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NORMAN BLUHM
Tages, 1971
Oil on canvas
48 x 108 inches
121.9 x 274.3 cm
(MMG#34178)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Philomela, 1972
Oil on canvas
96 x 108 inches
243.8 x 274.3 cm
(MMG#34154)
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Norman Bluhm in his Studio, Millbrook, NY, 1998Courtesy of The Estate of Norman Bluhm and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NYImage courtesy of Don Ross
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NORMAN BLUHM
Argyrus, 1967
Oil on canvas
96 x 80 inches
243.8 x 203.2 cm
(MMG#37348)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Bulgaroctonus, 1967
Oil on canvas90 x 80 inches
228.6 x 203.2 cm(MMG#37483) -
NORMAN BLUHM
Ducas, 1967
Oil on canvas
94 3/4 x 80 inches
240.7 x 203.2 cm
(MMG#37344)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Aphrodite, 1969
Oil on canvas
90 x 86 inches
228.6 x 218.4 cm
(MMG#37347)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Thisbe, 1969
Oil on canvas
86 x 76 inches
218.4 x 193 cm
(MMG#34174)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Opis, 1970
Oil on canvas
85 x 76 inches
215.9 x 193 cm
(MMG#37345)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Chryseis, 1971
Oil on canvas
82 x 73 5/8 inches
208.3 x 187 cm
(MMG#37343)
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NORMAN BLUHM
Priam, 1971
Oil on canvas
48 x 111 inches
121.9 x 281.9 cm
(MMG#34157)
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