Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 2 - Flipbook - Page 20
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the concept of a wall space described
in a large untitled drawing that
Motherwell executed around 1942
(see fig. 13 in volume 1) on the theme
of the “hours of the day,” a concept that
had been suggested to him by Matta.
That drawing includes a diagram for a
gallery installation described on the
drawing itself as a “ceiling, floor + end
wall.” For more on this drawing, see the
Comments for The Sentinel (p10) and
Chapter 1 in volume 1.
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{ Title unknown}
Recuerdo de Coyoacán
1942
Oil on canvas (?)
42 x 34 in. (106.7 x 86.4 cm), approx.
Alternative Title: El Miedo de la
Obscuridad
1942
Oil on canvas
42 x 34 in. (106.7 x 86.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 42
Verso not seen
present owner
Unknown
provenance
The artist
references
Mattison 1985b, p. 90, illus. n.p.
(fig. 44, upside down, as Untitled
[black painting]).
comments
This painting is known only from an
early black-and-white photograph
(Juley photo no. 46; j0004842) and
may no longer exist in the form
illustrated here.
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inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
Verso covered by relining, no longer
visible (inscription from pretreatment
photograph)
Verso: Motherwell «Recuerdo de
Coyoacan»
Verso: Aug 1942
artist’s studio number
p41-940
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona,
1996 (traveling), cat. no. 2, color illus.
p. 75.
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen,
Germany, 2004, color illus. p. 37.
group exhibitions
Whitlaw Reid Mansion, New York,
1942, illus. n.p. (in early state), as
El Miedo de la Obscuridad; possibly
not shown.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 1978
(traveling), Ithaca and New York, illus.
p. 90 (fig. 92), as Recuerdo de Coyoacan
(Memory of Coyoacan); shown in Ithaca
and New York only.
Yale University Art Gallery, New
Haven, Conn., 1993 (traveling),
cat. no. 160, as Recuerdo de Coyoacán/
Memory of Coyoacan.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina
Sofía, Madrid, 1999 (traveling), color
illus. p. 221.
solo exhibitions
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City,
1991 (traveling), cat. no. 2, color illus.
p. 39.
El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2009,
color illus. p. 192.
