ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Lot 183
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Lot 183 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
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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 and printed 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).
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