Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 164
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Untitled
Muss Es Sein? No. 1
Muss Es Sein? No. 2
L’Art Vivant
1972
Acrylic and pasted paper on Upson
board
45 x 29½ in. (114.3 x 74.9 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted paper on board
43¾ x 28¾ in. (111.1 x 73 cm)
1972
Acrylic, pasted papers, and graphite on
board
43¾ x 28¾ in. (111.1 x 73 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
40 x 27 in. (101.6 x 68.6 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: Motherwell
present owner
Collection of Andrew and Christine
Hall
present owner
Collection of Robert W. Johnson IV
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
artist’s studio number
c71-1202
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2004
solo exhibitions
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
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collages
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
present owner
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Stacy
Roback
provenance
Private collection, 1979; Dr. and Mrs.
Stacy Roback
solo exhibitions
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973.
comments
The title of this collage comes from the
sheet music fragment, which is from
Beethoven’s String Quartet no. 16 in F
major, op. 135, in which the composer
famously wrote, “Muss es sein? Es
muss sein! Es muss sein!” (Must it be?
It must be! It must be!). This music
first appeared in Untitled (c265).
provenance
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973;
private collection, 1973; [Sotheby’s,
New York, November 14, 1991, lot 310,
illus.]; Andrew and Christine Hall, 1991
solo exhibitions
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973.
references
Arnason 1976, p. 25, illus. p. 14;
Arnason 1977b, pp. 83, 84, color illus.
n.p. (pl. 238); Arnason 1982, pp. 83–84,
illus. p. 82 (pl. 75).
provenance
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland,
1974; Estudio Actual, 1975; Barbara
Mathes Gallery, New York, 2002;
private collection, 2003; Robert W.
Johnson IV, 2003
solo exhibitions
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
November 1972 (traveling), cat. no. 38,
illus. p. 86.
group exhibitions
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland,
1974, cat. no. 1, color illus. frontispiece.
Estudio Actual, Caracas, Venezuela,
1975.
