Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 109
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Beside the Sea, with Collage
Beside the Sea, with Black
and White
1962
Oil and pasted paper on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower center, incised and
inscribed: Motherwell
Recto, lower right: 35
Verso (on backing board) [circled ]:
photo #346 “beside the sea, with
collage” R Motherwell 1962
[oil + collage]
present owner
Private collection of M. Casotto
1962
Oil and pasted paper on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 62
Recto, lower center, incised [painted
over]: [Motherwell]
Recto, lower right: 16
Verso (on backing board) [circled ]:
photo #355 “beside the sea, with
black and white” R Motherwell
[oil] 1962
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group exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
January 1965 (circulating), New York,
cat. no. 43; Rotterdam, cat. no. 87,
illus. n.p.; Oslo, cat. no. 34, illus. n.p.;
Stockholm, cat. no. 34.
references
Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant 1966,
illus. p. 4; Caws 2003, illus. p. 88
(ill. 58).
comments
The “Black and White” in the title of
this collage refers to the label that
is pasted at its upper center, which is
from a bottle of Black & White Scotch
whisky. The number 16 written in
pencil at the lower right indicates that
this work was meant to be Beside the
Sea No. 16 before the collage element
was added.
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The Magic Skin (Peau de
Chagrin)
Alternative Title: Norwegian Collage
1963
Oil and pasted papers on paperboard
39¾ x 26⅞ in. (101 x 68.3 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: R. Motherwell 63
Verso: norwegian collage
R. Motherwell 1963 oil
artist’s studio number
c63-5097
present owner
Yale University Art Gallery. Gift of
Robert Motherwell
provenance
Private collection, 1967; private collection; M. Casotto, 2006
artist’s studio number
c62-552
comments
The number 35 written in pencil in the
lower right corner of this work indicates
that it was meant to be Beside the Sea
No. 35 before the dark tan paper above
the highest horizontal stripe was added.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, New York, 2003
solo exhibitions
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.,
1965, cat. no. 21, as The Magic Skin.
solo exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York,
December 1962, cat. no. 17, illus. n.p.
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Robert Motherwell, September 1965
(traveling), New York, cat. no. 74, color
present owner
Private collection, New York
provenance
Yale University Art Gallery, New
Haven, Conn., 1963
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