Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 192
c365
solo exhIbItIons
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1975,
as Harvest 23 in Deep Blue.
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
2005, cat. no. 4, color illus. p. 14.
comments
The collage element in this work is
from the same German brand of cigarettes used in the German Line collages
of 1972, Ernte 23. Ernte in German
means “harvest,” and inspired the title
of this work. See also Tobacco Harvest
(c380).
c366
c367
Pall Mall
Pall Mall on Blue
La Crémaillère
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
board
29¼ x 11⅝ in. (74.3 x 29.5 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted papers on board
29¾ x 11¾ in. (75.6 x 29.8 cm)
1972
Acrylic and pasted paper on canvas
19¼ x 16 in. (48.9 x 40.6 cm)
InscRIptIons
Recto, lower right, incised: RM 72
InscRIptIons
Recto, upper right, incised: 72
Motherwell
InscRIptIons
Recto, upper right, incised: RM 72
pResent owneR
Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto
pRovenance
Audrey and David Mirvish, Toronto,
1973
comments
The title of this collage refers to the
torn Pall Mall cigarette package at the
upper center.
collages
c367
c365
solo exhIbItIons
David Mirvish Gallery, Toronto, 1973.
180
c366
pResent owneR
Unknown
pRovenance
Private collection, 1974; unknown
owner
solo exhIbItIons
Art Museum, Princeton University,
N.J., 1973, cat. no. 32.
Current Editions, Seattle, 1973.
comments
The title of this collage refers to the
torn Pall Mall cigarette package at the
center.
Our reproduction comes from
an early black-and-white photograph
of the work.
aRtIst’s studIo numbeR
c72-266
pResent owneR
Unknown
pRovenance
The artist
solo exhIbItIons
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
November 1972 (traveling), cat. no. 40,
illus. p. 88.
comments
The collage element in this work is a
matchbook cover from La Crémaillère,
a favorite restaurant of Motherwell’s,
located in Banksville, New York, close
to his home in Greenwich.
