ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Lot 153
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ID 949863
Lot 153 | ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

The Red Wall

signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 72' (upper right); signed again and dated again 'Robert Motherwell 30 July 1972' (on the reverse)

acrylic and charcoal on canvas

72 x 72 in. (182.9 x 182.9 cm.)

Executed in 1972.





Provenance

Galerie André Emmerich, Zurich

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1976



Literature

M. Staber, "Robert Motherwell", in Kunstforum International, no. 12, December 1974-January 1975, p.115 (illustrated).

J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 338, no. P660 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie André Emmerich, Robert Motherwell: New Paintings, Collages, and Graphics, October-November 1974, n.p. (illustrated).



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