Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 176
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references
Arnason 1977b, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 231).
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Scarlet with Gauloises
Gauloises on Grey No. 26
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
20 x 15¾ in. (50.8 x 40 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
19 x 15½ in. (48.3 x 39.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left, incised: RM
inscriptions
Recto, lower left, incised: RM 72
Recto, lower right, incised: 72
Verso: Robert Motherwell #26 9 July
1972
present owner
Unknown
artist’s studio number
c72-231
provenance
Private collection, 1973; unknown
owner
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection; Robert Borlenghi,
Beverly Hills, Calif., 1980; [Sotheby
Parke Bernet, Inc., New York,
November 13, 1980, lot 62, illus.];
private collection, 1980
present owner
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Mark L.
Brock, Concord, Mass.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Mr. and
Mrs. Mark L. Brock, Concord, Mass.,
2007
solo exhibitions
Current Editions, Seattle, 1973.
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1974,
cat. no. 18.
164
collages
comments
This is the first work in the Gauloises
on Grey series; the numbering continues that of the Gauloises with Scarlet
series.
Gauloises on Grey No. 27
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
19½ x 15½ in. (49.5 x 39.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
solo exhibitions
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Houston, 1974.
comments
Our reproduction comes from an early
color slide of this work.
