Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 123
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Collage with Linen Elements
Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge
Manchester Collage
1966
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and ink on
paper
30¾ x 22¼ in. (78.1 x 56.5 cm)
1966
Ink and pasted papers on paper
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3 cm)
1966
Ink and pasted papers on paper
24 x 19 in. (61 x 48.3 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 66
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 66
Verso (on backing board): “Bowes +
Bowes, Cambridge”
Verso (on strainer): “manchester
collage” 1966
artist’s studio number
c66-386
Verso (on paper glued to backing
board): For Kurt + Renée Neu from
R.M. with greetings + thanks 1966
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 1966
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1966
comments
The linen elements referred to in the
title of this collage are placed near
the center.
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
The title of this work refers to the torn
mailing wrapper, dated February 1966,
from Bowes & Bowes, the Cambridge
booksellers.
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to Kurt Neu and his wife, Renée Neu,
an assistant curator at the Museum of
Modern Art who organized two major
traveling exhibitions of Motherwell’s
works on paper, in 1965–67 and in
1967–68.
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Renée S. Neu, 1966; Estate of Renée S.
Neu; [Doyle, New York, November 12,
2008, lot 1126, illus. (not sold)]; private
collection
comments
The title of this work refers to the
piece of a mailing envelope from the
Manchester Guardian Weekly newspaper
near the center. The work is dedicated
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