Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 255
c511
group exhibitions
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York,
1977, cat. no. 129, illus. n.p., as Das
Menschen.
comments
This work was first exhibited in 1975
as Shadows; but two years later, it
was shown as Das Menschen. In 1985
Motherwell consigned it to Knoedler &
Company under its present title, along
with another newly retitled work, Edgar
Allan Poe Series (The House of Usher)
(c464). The phrase “Edgar Allan Poe
Series” is a reference to Motherwell’s
four numbered Poe series collages (see
c402–c405) of 1973, which also were
composed of black-and-white collage
elements on ochre grounds. The sheet
music in this work is from Eine kleine
deutsche Kantate by Mozart (k. 619).
c511
Blood and Sand
1975
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell Feb 75
present owner
Sachiko and Lawrence B. Goodman
provenance
André Emmerich Gallery, 1975;
private collection, 1977; Sachiko and
Lawrence B. Goodman, 1979
references
Arnason 1976, p. 25, color illus. p. 22;
Arnason 1977b, p. 86, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 270); Arnason 1982, p. 87, illus.
p. 84 (pl. 82).
comments
The title of this work may refer to
Sangre y arena (1914), a novel by
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1929)
that tells the story of the rise and fall
c512
of a bullfighter in Sevilla. Ibáñez’s novel
inspired two films, both called Blood
and Sand: a 1922 version that starred
Rudolph Valentino, and a 1941 remake
starring Tyrone Power.
c512
Scarlet and Black with
Ultramarine Stripe
1975
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell 75
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1978
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1976,
cat. no. 11.
group exhibitions
Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976, color
illus. p. 9.
references
Arnason 1977b, color illus. n.p.
(pls. 292, in studio, 303); Cohen 1977,
color illus. p. 230 (in studio); Centro
co lla ges
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