Abstract Black and White

1965

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: painting in soot
Dimensions: overall: 50.8 × 96.52 cm (20 × 38 in.) framed: 52.71 × 98.43 × 3.81 cm (20 3/4 × 38 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.)
Collection no.: 2015.19.204
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Abstract Black and White — Lee Bontecou. 1965.

Medium: painting in soot.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 50.8 × 96.52 cm (20 × 38 in.) framed: 52.71 × 98.43 × 3.81 cm (20 3/4 × 38 3/4 × 1 1/2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.204. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn, 1995).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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