© Marcia Hafif/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
Transparent Painting: Ultramarine Blue
by Marcia Hafif
Artist
Marcia Hafif
(USA, 1929 - 2018)
Alternate Title
- Transparent målning: Ultramarinblå
Date1982
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 213,5 × 213,5 cm
Yttermått: 213,5 × 213,5 × 4 cm
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 2017 från Claes Nordenhake
Object NumberMOM/2017/75
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork
In the early 1970s Marcia Hafif bought pigments of every colour to make her own paint, grinding the pigment with a muller and mixing it with linseed oil. Hafif has stated she wanted to "let a colour … express itself, reveal its multiple nuances," exploring how each colour reacted to different treatments. In this work, ultramarine is both material and subject matter, medium and process. Applied methodically yet with vivid brushstrokes, the blue alternates between transparency and opacity and shows the ways in which Hafif understood painting as an inherently physical and material process.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks
Signerad på dukens omvikningskant på baksidan:
1982 M HAFIF, På dukens omvikningskant på baksidan:
ULTRAMARINE BLUE
Selected exhibition history
Sju rum och en trädgård. Rashid Johnson och Moderna Museets samling (den 28 september 2023 - den 22 september 2024)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm