Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
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Works by Robert Motherwell from the Dedalus Foundation
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
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signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (lower right)
oil on canvasboard
14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1964.
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991
Literature
"The Day They Hung Robert Motherwell", Newtown Bee, 6 April 1979, pp. C1, C28-29 (illustrated).
V. Raynor, "Motherwell Fuses Color and Expression", New York Times, 15 April 1979, p. 23-14 (illustrated).
Robert Motherwell: Stephen's Iron Crown and Related Works, exh. cat., Fort Worth Art Museum, 1985, p. 26 (illustrated).
D. J. Clarke, The Influence of Oriental Thought on Postwar American Painting and Sculpture, London, 1988, p. 205, pl. 93 (illustrated).
Z.-K. Qin, The Influence of Oriental Art and Ideas on Robert Motherwell's Work: An Investigation of Certain Affinities Between his Work and Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy and Ink Painting, Richmond, 1996, pp. 57-58, 115, fig. 62 (illustrated).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Vol. 2: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 182, no. P313 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Storrs, William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Robert Motherwell & Black, March-June 1979, p. 132, no. 43 (illustrated).

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