Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 138
c206
c206
St. Gallen
1967
Acrylic and pasted paper on paper
30¼ x 22 in. (76.8 x 55.9 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 67
Verso (on strainer): “st. gallen” 1967
artist’s studio number
c67-405
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhibitions
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,
1970 (traveling), cat. no. 31.
Galerie im Erker, St. Gall, Switzerland,
1971 (traveling), cat. no. 17, illus. p. 39.
references
Mattison et al. 2009, color illus. p. 18.
comments
The title of this collage refers to the
envelope near the center, which is from
Galerie im Erker, St. Gall, Switzerland.
In 1967, Motherwell and the gallery
were discussing the possibility of doing a
livre d’artiste with Richard Huelsenbeck.
c207
c207
In Green, with Two Scarlet
Spots
1967/ca. 1973
Acrylic, pasted paper, and crayon on
paper
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell/67
artist’s studio number
c67-941
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1982
solo exhibitions
Whitney Museum of American Art,
New York, 1968, cat. no. 21 (shown in
early state).
Galerie im Erker, St. Gall, Switzerland,
1971 (traveling), cat. no. 16, illus. p. 53
(shown in early state).
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973
(shown in early state).
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, 1978.
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collages
c208
group exhibitions
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, 1969 (shown in early state).
comments
The pasted paper near the center of
this collage is the envelope for a letter
sent to Motherwell from the Spanish
painter Antonio Saura, postmarked
Paris, June 23, 1967 (Nelson photo
no. 33671). Sometime around 1973, the
crayon lines were added and the collage
elements modified by tearing the edges
of the envelope to reveal the blue
underpainting.
