Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 235
c465
comments
This work was first exhibited in 1975 at
Knoedler & Company as French Door
II. In 1985 Motherwell consigned the
work to Knoedler a second time and
renamed it Edgar Allan Poe Series (The
House of Usher), without making any
changes to the work itself. The new title
referred to his 1973 works Poe No. 1,
No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 (c402–c405),
which were composed of black-andwhite collage elements on ochre
grounds.
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The Irregular Heart
1974
Acrylic, pasted cardboard, pasted
papers, and clear plastic tape on
Upson board
25½ x 19½ in. (64.8 x 49.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right, incised: RM
20 July 74
Verso (on backing board): “the
irregular heart” 20 July 74
Robert Motherwell
artist’s studio number
c74-1958
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
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to Motherwell’s summer home in
Provincetown. In 1974, Motherwell
suffered from an irregular heartbeat
and that fall underwent a series of
abdominal and heart operations.
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Untitled
1974
Acrylic and pasted paper on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 74
Recto, lower left: For Claus 27 July 74
present owner
Private collection, Germany
provenance
Private collection, Germany, 1974
comments
The collage element in this work is a
label from a bottle of 1971 Ayler Kupp
Auslese wine. The recto dedication is
to Claus Colsman-Freyberger, who
was Motherwell’s studio assistant at
the time.
solo exhibitions
Waddington Galleries, London, 1975.
comments
This collage includes pieces torn
from a package of medicine sent by
airmail from a Greenwich pharmacy
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