Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 265
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Altamira No. 1
Altamira No. 2
1975
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
mounted on Masonite
72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
1975
Acrylic and pasted paper on canvas
mounted on Masonite
72 x 24 in. (182.9 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: Motherwell 75
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell 75
artist’s studio number
p75-1561
Verso: RM “altamira #2” 1975
present owner
Private collection of Caroline Hirsch
provenance
Donn Golden, 1980; [Christie’s, New
York, May 17, 2001, lot 166, illus.];
Caroline Hirsch, 2001
artist’s studio number
c75-1562
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2003
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1976,
cat. no. 10.
solo exhibitions
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1976
(traveling), cat. no. 58, illus. p. 113.
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1976
(traveling), cat. no. 57, color illus. p. 89,
illus. p. 113.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
William Benton Museum of Art,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1979,
cat. no. 77 (brochure); cat. no. 80
(catalogue), illus. p. 117.
Knoedler & Company, New York,
February 1981, cat. no. 5.
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City,
1991 (traveling), cat. no. 46.
references
Hoesterey 1976, pp. 48–49; Perrone
1976a, illus. p. 70; Ratcliff 1976, p. 75;
Arnason 1977b, p. 86, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 304); Arnason 1982, p. 87, illus.
p. 86 (pl. 93).
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo,
1983 (traveling), cat. no. 74, color illus.
p. 107.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, 1984, cat. no. 87.
references
Hoesterey 1976, pp. 48–49; Perrone
1976a, illus. p. 70; Ratcliff 1976, p. 75;
Arnason 1977b, p. 86, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 304); Arnason 1982, p. 87, illus.
p. 86 (pl. 93); Drudi 1983, color illus.
n.p., as Altamira.
comments
The title of this collage refers to the
cave at Altamira in northern Spain,
famous for its Paleolithic paintings,
which Motherwell had seen in 1958.
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