Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Open, # 75

Details

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Open, # 75
signed with artist's initials 'RM' (upper left); signed again, titled, inscribed and dated 'R. Motherwell Summer, 1969 "OPEN, #75"' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
60 x 40 in. (152.4 x 101 cm.)
Painted in 1969.

Provenance

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York
Lawrence Rubin, New York

Literature

J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raissoné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on canvas and panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 256, no. P466 (illustrated in color).

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Lot Essay

"the 'open' series...the first long sustained uninterrupted conscious effort of mine to explore an idea." Robert Motherwell

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Paintings & Collages by Robert Motherwell being prepared by the Dedalus Foundation.

Open, # 75

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