Neil Williams

Blue Monday

Documentation

Signed

Origin

United States

Period

1950-1979

Materials

Enamel on shaped canvas

Dimensions

W.	109 in;	H.	71.5 in;	H.2.	3.75 in;
W.	276.86 cm;	H.	181.61 cm;	H.2.	9.53 cm;

Condition

Excellent.

Creation Date

1966

Description

Neil Williams pioneered the shaped canvas during the 1960s. Working alongside fellow Minimalist painter, friend, and studio mate Frank Stella, Williams experimented with hexagonal, polygonal, and trapezoidal canvases with as many as fourteen sides. The surfaces’ geometric, irregular outlines dictated his hard-edged compositions that he rendered in bold, saturated pinks, greens, blues, and blacks. Later in life, his compositions and brushwork loosened, and his paintings evolved into expressive, energetic abstractions.

"Blue Monday" is a prime example of Neil William's early two color shaped canvas works. It has been included and illustrated in the Claudine Humblet's "The New American Abstraction" pg.1008.

Styles / Movements

Color Field, Minimalism, Pop Art

Incollect Reference Number

279673