I have lived in…

May 14, 2021 Laura , Research Notes

Again, as part of her biography, Agnes Martin sent a list to Arnold, an American art dealer, of the places she lived in and the ones she travelled in.1

Agnes Martin, Aspiration, 1960 (in the book cited below, this work, or one very similar to it, is titled Untitled, it is ink on paper, 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches)
(image from Eryn Lou. Creative Commons Copyright, Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0), used here without modifications.)

Agnes Martin…I have lived in:

  1. Saskatchewan
  2. Alberta
  3. British Columbia
  4. Washington
  5. Oregon
  6. California
  7. Delaware
  8. New York
  9. New Mexico

I have travelled in:

  1. Japan
  2. India
  3. Beirut
  4. Italy
  5. Spain
  6. Germany
  7. England
  8. Scotland
  9. Canada
  10. Mexico
  11. All the states some of them many times

Laura Bucci…I have lived in:

  1. Brampton, Ontario
  2. Rome
  3. Sardinia (Italy)
  4. Cesenatico (Italy)
  5. Riccione (Italy)
  6. Malta
  7. Libya (one month I think but it seemed much longer in memory)
  8. San Benedetto del Tronto (Italy)
  9. Sudbury, Ontario
  10. Vancouver, BC (including Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta)
  11. Nova Scotia

I have travelled in:

  1. UK
  2. Italy
  3. Malta
  4. Thailand
  5. Mexico
  6. Guatemala
  7. Honduras
  8. Nicaragua
  9. El Salvador
  10. Colombia
  11. Canada (not all the provinces or territories)
  12. USA (not all the states)

1 Martin, Agnes, and Arnold B. Glimcher. Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances. Phaidon Press, 2012.