Details BRICE MARDEN (B. 1938)Number 1signed MARDEN (lower right); signed again, titled and dated Number 1 B. Marden 1962 (on a card affixed to the reverse)oil and beeswax on paper mounted on canvas18 x 22 1/2 in. (45.7 x 57.2 cm.)Executed in 1962 Provenance The artist.Matthew Marks Gallery (by 2010).Private collection, New York.Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York.Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2012. Literature Plane Image: A Brice Marden Retrospective, exh. cat., New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 2007, p. 48, fig. 15 (illustrated in color). Exhibited Swarthmore, Wilcox Gallery, Swarthmore College, Brice Marden, December 1963-January 1964.New York, Richard L. Feigen & Co., Sublime Convergence: Gothic to the Abstract, April-June 2007, no. 14 (illustrated in color). New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Brice Marden Paintings 1961-1964, October 2010-January 2011. Special Notice On occasion, Christies has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot. Post Lot Text This work will be included the artist’s forthcoming catalogue raisonné Conditions of sale