ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Lot 237
29.09.2023 14:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 120 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1031389
Lot 237 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

The Summer Sea

incised with the artist's signature 'Motherwell' (lower left); signed again 'R. Motherwell' (on the stretcher)

acrylic on canvas

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1970.





Provenance

Margaret K. Helmuth, California, circa 1972, acquired directly from the artist

Her sale; Sotheby's, Parke Bernet, New York, 5 May 1973, lot 111

Private collection

Private collection, Larchmont

Private collection, by descent from the above

Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 5 March 2020, lot 53

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 310, no. P595 (illustrated).
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