Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 182
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Gauloises on Scarlet over
Yellow No. 1
Gauloises on Scarlet over
Yellow No. 2
Gauloises on Scarlet over
Yellow No. 3
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on board
24 x 10 in. (61 x 25.4 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
board
29½ x 14¼ in. (74.9 x 36.2 cm)
1972/1982
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
board
30 x 15 in. (76.2 x 38.1 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
present owner
Private collection
artist’s studio number
c72-244
provenance
Private collection, 1975
present owner
Private collection
solo exhibitions
Current Editions, Seattle, 1973.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; [Sotheby’s,
New York, May 14, 2003, lot 154, illus.];
Evelyn Aimis Fine Art, 2003; private
collection, 2004; private collection,
2004
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
present owner
Private collection, Palm Beach, Fla.
provenance
Private collection, 1979; [Sotheby’s,
New York, February 19, 1988, lot 165,
illus.]; private collection, Palm Beach,
Fla., 1988
solo exhibitions
Current Editions, Seattle, 1973.
group exhibitions
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland,
1976, cat. no. 57, as Scarlet with
Gauloises.
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collages
comments
The composition of this work was
slightly modified around October 1982,
when Motherwell painted the red
ground in a bit closer to the Gauloises
package. The title Gauloises on Scarlet
over Yellow No. 3 was also given to c334.
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