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Compelled
Artist
Jules Olitski
(American, b. Russia, 1922 - 2007)
Date1966
MediumAcrylic on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 80 1/2 x 131 1/2 in. (204.5 x 334 cm)
Credit LinePurchased in memory of James R. Palmer with funds provided by family and friends
Object number2002.98
Collections
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
On viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedreverse
Inscribedreverse: 1966
Exhibition HistoryPostwar Gallery (204), Palmer Museum of Art, January 7, 2026–present
Inaugural Installation: Postwar Gallery (204), Palmer Museum of Art, June 1, 2024–July 15, 2025
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1973 and 1977ProvenanceDavid Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, Canada; to Private Collection, MichiganPublished ReferencesJoyce Henri Robinson, ed., A Gift from the Heart: American Art from the Collection of James and Barbara Palmer (University Park, PA: Palmer Museum of Art, 2013), ix, 152 (ill., color), 153–55, 231.