The Poetics of Love

Details

ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
The Poetics of Love
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 68' (upper left); signed, titled and dated again '"POETICS OF LOVE" 1968 R. Motherwell' (on the backing board)
acrylic, printed paper and paper collage on paper
30 x 19 3/8 in. (76.2 x 49 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1982.

Provenance

Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private collection, San Diego, 1983
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989

Literature

G. Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell, Milan, 1984, p. 106 (illustrated in an early state).
G. Drudi, Robert Motherwell notes romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 112 (illustrated in an early state).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume III: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 316, no. C680 (Illustrated).

Exhibited

Princeton University, The Art Museum, In Celebration, Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of The Art Museum, February-June 1997, pp. 257 and 304 (illustrated).

Sale Room Notice

Please note the medium is acrylic, printed paper and paper collage on paper.