Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 2 - Flipbook - Page 33
p24
p24
Line Figure on Green
1945
Oil and sand on canvas board
16 x 11⅞ in. (40.6 x 30.2 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 45
Verso not signed, not dated
artist’s studio number
p45-2484
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, 1946;
Vera G. and Albert A. List, 1946; private collection; [Parke-Bernet Galleries,
Inc., New York, May 13, 1964, lot 50];
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc.,
New York, 1964; Robert Motherwell,
1966; Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhibitions
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York,
January 1946, cat. no. 4.
group exhibitions
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York,
May 1946.
references
Mattison 1985b, p. 165, illus. n.p.
(fig. 123), referred to in text and in
illus. as Line Figure in Green; Mattison
1987, p. 141, as Line Figure in Green.
comments
In 1966, Motherwell reacquired this
painting and another early work (p35)
from the Marlborough-Gerson Gallery
in exchange for two recent drawings:
Beside the Sea No. 40 (unknown owner),
and Spontaneity No. 1 (The Century
Association, New York).
p25
p26
p25
p26
Untitled
Untitled
Ca. 1945
Oil and sand on canvas board
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
inscriptions
Unknown
Alternative Titles: {Two Figures};
{Untitled (The Studio)}
1945
Oil and sand on canvas board
11⅞ x 9 in. (30.2 x 22.9 cm)
present owner
Unknown
inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
provenance
Unknown owner; [Sotheby Parke
Bernet, Inc., New York, October 16,
1981, lot 197A, illus.]; unknown owner,
1981; [Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc.,
New York, November 5, 1987, lot 103A,
illus.]; unknown owner, 1987
Verso not signed, not dated
comments
Our reproduction of this painting
comes from the 1987 Sotheby Parke
Bernet auction catalogue.
artist’s studio number
p45-2486
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhibitions
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
2000, cat. no. 30, as Two Figures.
group exhibitions
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton,
N.Y., 1996, as Two Figures.
Arts Club of Chicago, 1946 (traveling),
cat. no. 5.
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