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The Big A
Details
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
The Big A
signed and dated 'Motherwell 86' (upper right); signed and dated again 'R. Motherwell 1987' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
96 x 60 in. (243.8 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1986-87.
The Big A
signed and dated 'Motherwell 86' (upper right); signed and dated again 'R. Motherwell 1987' (on the reverse)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
96 x 60 in. (243.8 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1986-87.
Provenance
Private collection, New York, 1987
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2001
Literature
B. Ruhe, "Motherwell at Knoedler," Art/World 11, no. 8, 1987, p. 6.
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell, Paintings and Collages, A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 543, no. P1136 (illustrated in color).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell, Paintings and Collages, A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 543, no. P1136 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Knoedler and Co., Robert Motherwell: Major Works from the 1980’s, May 1987, no. 1.
New York, Lawrence Rubin/Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, Robert Motherwell: Abstract Imagist, April-June 2001, no. 10 (illustrated in color on the cover).
New York, Lawrence Rubin/Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, Robert Motherwell: Abstract Imagist, April-June 2001, no. 10 (illustrated in color on the cover).
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