Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 119
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of African art, and with the adventurism
of Arthur Rimbaud; see the Comments
for p338.
The circle and dot motif alludes
to Jean (Hans) Arp’s circle and dot
“navel” forms.
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African Collage No. 2
group exhibitions
Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco,
1968.
1965
Oil and pasted papers on paperboard
39¾ x 27 in. (101 x 68.6 cm)
references
Flores 1968, illus.
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inscriptions
Recto, upper left: RM
present owner
Unknown
comments
Our reproduction comes from an early
black-and-white photograph of this
work (Petersen photo no. 520).
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African Collage No. 3
1965
Oil and pasted papers on paperboard
39⅞ x 27 in. (101.3 x 68.6 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM
present owner
Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto
provenance
Private collection, 1971; unknown
owner, ca. 1977
provenance
Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto,
1973
solo exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Robert Motherwell:Works on Paper,
September 1965 (circulating).
solo exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Robert Motherwell:Works on Paper,
September 1965 (circulating).
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
1967 (circulating), Buenos Aires, cat.
no. 30, cover color illus., color illus.
n.p.; Caracas, cat. no. 85, illus. n.p.;
Bogotá, cat. no. 85, color illus. n.p.;
Mexico City, cat. no. 30, color illus.
p. 19; as Collage africano (African
Collage).
group exhibitions
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art,
Calif., 1973.
Fort Worth Art Museum, March 1985,
cat. no. 15, color illus. p. 51.
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