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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

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$ 1 800 000
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18.11.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 846105
Lot 247 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Open No. 29: In Crimson with Charcoal Line

signed with artist's initials 'RM' (upper right)

acrylic and charcoal on canvas

82 x 114 1/4 in. (208.2 x 290.2 cm.)

Painted in 1969.





Provenance

Private collection, 1974

Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York

David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto

Dunkelman Gallery, Toronto

Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 18 May 1978, lot 209

Private collection

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1982

Anon. sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 9 November 1983, lot 76

Private collection, Chicago

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 May 2008, lot 162

Private collection

Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November, 2010, lot 149

Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art, New York and Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014



Literature

Robert Motherwell: Bilder und Collagen 1967–1970, exh. cat., Galerie im Erek, St. Gallen, 1971, p. 14 (illustrated).

“Robert Motherwell”, Flash Art, January-February 1977, p. 49 (illustrated).

K. Beals, “Abstract Expressionism Still Lives”, Gannett Westchester Newspapers, 22 October 1982, p. 1.

J. R. Jinishian, “Not 'Pretty' nor Recognizable, but Strong, Personal, Alive!”, Bridgeport Post, 31 October 1982, p. 9.

S. Kurtzman, “Name Artists in Stamford Show, Abstract art in Stamford.”, Fairpress, 27 October 1982, sec. C. p. 5.

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, pp. 238-239, no. P425 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Robert Motherwell: "Open" Series, 1967–1969, May–June 1969.

Rome, Marlborough Galleria d'Arte; Galleria Toninelli, Milan and Galleria La Bussola, Turin, Robert Motherwell, October 1969-February 1970.

Boston, Harcus Krakow Gallery, Robert Motherwell, May–June 1980, n.p., no. 3.

New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Ten American Abstract Masters, May 1981, n.p. (illustrated).

Washington, D.C., B. R. Kornblatt Gallery, Eleven Paintings and Two Sculptures from the Sixties, November–December 1981, n. 7.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Abstract Expressionism Lives!, September–November 1982, p. 20 (illustrated).

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Three Decades: The Oliver-Hoffmann Collection, December 1988-February 1989, p. 24 (illustrated).

New York, Spanierman Modern, August Gallery Selections, August–September 2010, n.p. (illustrated).
Artist:Robert Motherwell (1915 - 1991)
Art style:Post War Art
Auction house category:Paintings
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