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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Untitled
signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (lower right); signed 'Robert Motherwell' (on the reverse)
gouache and ink on paperboard
111⁄2 x 141⁄2 in. (29.2 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1949.
Provenance
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, circa 1951
Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1981
Private collection, Minnesota
Lafayette Park Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1988
Literature
E. Klein, "Arts Reviews," Arts Magazine, vol. 59, no.1, September 1984, p. 38 (illustrated).
K. Rogers, Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné, Volume Two: Drawings, New Haven and London, 2022, p. 88, no. D144 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, Group Exhibition, May 1984.
New York, Janie C. Lee Master Drawings, Abstract Expressionist Drawings, 1941-1955, November-December 1988, n.p., no. 16 (illustrated).
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