Source interpretationhigh certainty
series context
MoMA identifies Beta Lambda as part of Louis’s Unfurled series and states that he made more than one hundred Unfurled paintings; AEU represents only one and does not infer an exact total.
- Catalog medium
- Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
- Collection
- The Museum of Modern Art
Physical record
Scale without reproducing the image
- Metric
- 262.6 × 407 cm
- Approx. imperial
- 8 ft 7.4 in × 13 ft 4.2 in
- Planar area (calculated)
- 10.69 m²
- Width / 170 cm reference
- 2.39×
- Height / 170 cm reference
- 1.54×
Imperial dimensions, planar area, and 170 cm reference ratios are interface calculations from documented metric dimensions, not source claims, artwork-shape reconstructions, or quality judgments.
Image decision: Bundled display blocked by unclear/external_link_only.
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Process, material, form, ideas
Claims / interpretation
Evidence with its type exposed
A source interpretation is not silently rewritten as an uncontested fact. Contested positions remain side by side.
Relationship graph
Related records
- Unfurledsseries · artwork in series
Documented path / mapping basis exposed
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This navigator reorganizes relationships already present on the object record. Each link states whether its basis is object identity, an explicit AEU mapping, a rendered graph edge, or date-only navigation.
Object → maker
- Morris Louisartist/date identity lineBasis: Object identity on this record.
Material & process
No explicit relationship of this type is rendered on the current object record. The navigator does not infer one from visual similarity or biography.
Formal & thematic
- Monumental scaleformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
- Field structureformal propertyBasis: Explicit structured mapping rendered on this object record.
Exhibition, place & history
- Place this date on the AEU timeline1961Basis: Object date used for navigation only; not an influence or exhibition claim.
Close Look
- Close-looking guideobservation → interpretationBasis: Companion route for this same object record.
Other graph links
- Unfurledsseries · artwork in seriesBasis: AEU graph edge rendered on this object record.
Source register
Direct record sources
- Morris Louis. Beta Lambda. 1961museum object · authority tier 1 · verified 2026-09-09Open institutional source ↗