Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Gauloises on Grey No. 28
signed with initials and dated 'RM 72' (lower left); signed again, numbered and dated again 'Robert Motherwell #28 9 July 1972' (on the reverse)
acrylic and paper on canvasboard
20 x 15¾ in. (50.8 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 1972.
Provenance
Deadalus Foundation, New York Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
"Twelve American Painters," Virginia Museum Bulletin 35, September 1974, no. 1, pp. 3 (illustrated on the cover).
Exhibited
Seattle, Current Editions, Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper (Including the Illuminations for A La Pintura), March-April 1973.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Twelve American Painters, September-October 1974, p. 54 (illustrated).
Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné of paintings and collages being prepared by the Dedalus Foundation.
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