Property from The Estate of Gifford and Joann Phillips
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Summertime in Italy No. 3
Details
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Summertime in Italy No. 3
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 60' (upper right); signed, titled and dated again '"SUMMERTIME IN ITALY, NO. 3" Robert Motherwell 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on paperboard mounted on cardboard
41 x 27 1/8 in. (104.1 x 68.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Summertime in Italy No. 3
incised with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 60' (upper right); signed, titled and dated again '"SUMMERTIME IN ITALY, NO. 3" Robert Motherwell 1960' (on the reverse)
oil on paperboard mounted on cardboard
41 x 27 1/8 in. (104.1 x 68.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960.
Provenance
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Gifford and Joann Phillips, New York, 1962
By descent from the above to the present owner
Gifford and Joann Phillips, New York, 1962
By descent from the above to the present owner
Literature
J. Flam, K. Rogers, and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Three: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 460, no. W116 (illustrated).
J. Flam, K. Rogers, and T. Clifford, Motherwell: 100 Years, Milan, 2015, p. 166, no. 167 (installation view illustrated).
J. Flam, K. Rogers, and T. Clifford, Motherwell: 100 Years, Milan, 2015, p. 166, no. 167 (installation view illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Robert Motherwell, April-May 1961.
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, The Gifford and Joann Phillips Collection, November-December 1962, p. 4, no. 68 (illustrated).
Washington D.C., Phillips Collection, Collages by Robert Motherwell: A Loan Exhibition, January-February 1965, no. 14.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, February-March 1967.
University of California at Riverside, Art Gallery, Art and Marriage: An Exhibition of Husband and Wife Artists of the Twentieth Century, May 1973.
Los Angeles, Otis Art Institute, Robert Motherwell in California Collections, November 1974-January 1975, no. 19 (illustrated).
Los Angeles, UCLA Art Galleries, The Gifford and Joann Phillips Collection, November-December 1962, p. 4, no. 68 (illustrated).
Washington D.C., Phillips Collection, Collages by Robert Motherwell: A Loan Exhibition, January-February 1965, no. 14.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, February-March 1967.
University of California at Riverside, Art Gallery, Art and Marriage: An Exhibition of Husband and Wife Artists of the Twentieth Century, May 1973.
Los Angeles, Otis Art Institute, Robert Motherwell in California Collections, November 1974-January 1975, no. 19 (illustrated).
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