Kali

This tiny relief on wood is composed of boat spikes arranged on a wooden panel in a diamond shape —a form Agnes Martin simultaneously explores in her canvas works. This piece exemplifies the artist’s engagement with the material conditions of her environment and her interest in structure and placement. Though the title references a Hindu deity, the work resists symbolic reading. Instead, it signals Martin’s inquiry into geometry, repetition, and surface, prefiguring the grid format that would become central to her practice.