Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 209
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Suchard on Orange No. 4
Alternative Title: Orange Suchard Bittra
No. 4
1973
Acrylic and pasted papers on board
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell
16 Nov 73
present owner
Des Moines Art Center Permanent
Collections. Purchased with funds from
the Edmundson Art Foundation, Inc.,
and the National Endowment for the
Arts, 1974.16
provenance
Blum-Helman Gallery, 1974; Des
Moines Art Center, 1974
group exhibitions
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center,
1976, illus. n.p., as Orange Suchard
Bittra #4.
Admiral’s House, vice presidential
residence, Washington, D.C., 1977.
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c408
International Communication Agency,
Washington, D.C., 1981 (circulating).
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c408
Suchard on Orange No. 5
Suchard on Orange No. 6
Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Iowa,
1983 (traveling), cat. no. 28, color illus.
n.p.
1973
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
1973
Acrylic, pasted papers, and charcoal on
Upson board
48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell
22 Nov 73
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell
17 Dec 1973
artist’s studio number
c73-1452
Recto, upper left [painted over]:
[R. Motherwell 17 Dec 1973]
present owner
Collection of the McNay Art Museum.
Museum purchase with the Alvin
Whitley Fund and gift of the Dedalus
Foundation
present owner
Mr. and Mrs. John Mahedy
University of Iowa Museum of Art,
Iowa City, 1991, as Orange Suchard
Bittra, #4.
comments
The Suchard on Orange series began
with three works in 1971 (see c274–
c276). The title refers to the Suchard
Bittra chocolate wrapper that was used
as a collage element in each work.
Motherwell revisited the series in 1973
and created four new works, marked
by a greater austerity than the 1971
collages.
This work was originally sold to
the Blum-Helman Gallery in 1974 as
Suchard on Orange No. 4, but the Des
Moines Art Center acquired it later
that same year as Orange Suchard Bittra
No. 4, and the work has sometimes
been exhibited under that title. We have
restored the work’s original title to
maintain the integrity of the series.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; McNay Art
Museum, San Antonio, Tex., 1996
group exhibitions
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York,
1977, cat. no. 124, color illus. n.p., erroneously as Suchard in Orange, No. 5.
references
McNay Art Museum 2001, color illus.
p. 221.
provenance
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco,
1974; Shaindy Fenton, Fort Worth, 1975;
Dr. and Mrs. Harold J. Joseph; [Christie’s,
New York, May 11, 1983, lot 149, illus.];
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson, Buffalo,
1983; Mr. and Mrs. John Mahedy, ca. 1995
solo exhibitions
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1974, cat.
no. 50, cover color illus.
group exhibitions
David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, 1991.
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 1995.
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