Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 260
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In Black and Blue with Torn
Elements
The Balkan Lute
Alternative Title: In Black with Blue and
Torn Paper
1975
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
48 x 24 in. (121.9 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell May 75
artist’s studio number
c75-976; c75-1007
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1978; private
collection, 2006
references
Arnason 1977b, p. 86, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 272), referred to in text and in illus.
as In Black with Blue and Torn Paper;
Arnason 1982, p. 87, illus. p. 84 (pl. 83,
as In Black with Blue and Torn Paper);
Goldberger 1990, color illus. p. 202
(installation view).
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collages
Alternative Title: In Blue and Beige
1974/1975
Acrylic, pasted canvas, pasted papers,
and china marker on canvas mounted
on board
72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right, incised [painted
over]: [74 Motherwell]
Recto, lower left: Motherwell May 75
present owner
Collection of Bud Yorkin
provenance
Private collection, 1980; Bud Yorkin,
1980
solo exhibitions
Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, 1975 (shown
in early state), as In Blue and Beige.
group exhibitions
Galerie Brusberg, Hannover, Germany,
1977.
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references
Arnason 1977b, p. 86, color illus. n.p.
(pls. 292, in studio, 296); Centro
Cultural de la Caixa de Pensions
exh. cat. 1980, illus. n.p. (in studio);
Serraller 1980, illus. p. 32 (in studio);
Arnason 1982, p. 87, color illus. p. 85
(pl. 86, in studio).
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comments
An early version of this work, titled In
Blue and Beige and dated May 27, 1974,
was exhibited at the Ace Gallery from
July to August 1975 (studio inventory
photo no. ph 57-11). After the work was
returned to Motherwell, he repainted
the ground red, retitled it, and added the
signature and the “May 75” date at
the lower left (Sloman photo no. 339).
The final version was photographed
in November 1975 (Sloman photo
no. 345).
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: Motherwell
3 May 75
The Endless Instant
Alternative Title: Untitled
1975
Acrylic and pasted papers on Upson
board
48 x 24 in. (121.9 x 61 cm)
Verso not seen [“on the frame, upper
middle 1975 The Endless Instant,” per
present owner]
artist’s studio number
c75-984
present owner
Private collection, Lausanne
provenance
Private collection, Lausanne,
Switzerland, ca. 1980
solo exhibitions
William Benton Museum of Art,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1979,
cat. no. 71 (brochure); cat. no. 78 (catalogue), illus. p. 50 (in exhibition), color
illus. p. 90 (in exhibition), illus. p. 149.
