HOWARD MEHRING

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06797571
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-00399

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Howard Mehring
Value: UNK
Descriptor: Unavailable
L2009-0001-0014
35.5" x 35"
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Robert W. Newmann
VMC
Untitled
Norman Bluhm
Merry Christmas
Norman Bluhm
VM 122
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Untitled
Howard Mehring
VM S/ �
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Howard Mehring
VM 291
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Untitled "Whirling" Howard Mehring
Vincent Melzac Collection (on loan)
no date (ca.1958)
This early Mehring work shows the artist studying the way the staining process works
and also shows him enjoying its accidental effects. Most basically, Mehring presents a
contrast here of pigment on the surface of the canvas with that of deep staining: the
viscosity of the white areas, which is here virtually poured straight onto the canvass
out of a bucket, is in vivid contrast to the thin ethereal space of the purple area, which
appears to be poured and the blotted, resulting in deep staining. In some ways, this
work is reminiscent of a galaxy formation or of something biological, viewed under a
microscope. This relationship to science � away from a romantic depiction, closer to
the very nature of the material and the simplicity of shape � is viewed as a very
American characteristic of the artists of this period.
Loan from Mrs. Melzac
L2009-0001-0006
Washington Color School
53" x 35.5"
$6,000.00
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Robert W. Newmann
VMC
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Howard Mehring
VM 206
Untitled
Norman Bluhm
NSN 242
Merry Christmas
Norman Bluhm
VM 122
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Howard Mehring
VM 288
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Howard Mehring
VM 2c11
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Rudder Thomas Downing 1965
Vincent Melzac Collection (on loan) Washington Color School
This work illustrated Downing's transition from rectangular to shaped canvases, while
he continues his effort to find the perfect way to communicate the expressive qualities
of color. Downing here still uses the dot � now enlarged � as color module, but he is
trying to "unlock" the color by giving the canvas an illusion of moving diagonally
upward, while the bottom edge of the canvas appears to move closer to the viewer
than does the top. While the simplification of his dot pattern may have reduced the
activity or sense of movement within the painting, it results in an increased dramatic
impact.
Loan from Mrs. Melzac
L2009-0001-0008
Washington Color School
$8,500.00
126" x 68.5"
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