Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 278
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studio); Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano
exh. cat. 2006, illus. p. 26 (in studio).
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comments
An early version of this collage was
photographed in March 1976 (Sloman
photo no. 393). Sometime after that,
Motherwell repainted the rectangle
near the right center black, over its
original blue. The work was in its final
form when it was photographed again
in March 1977 (Sloman photo no. 565).
1976
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
mounted on board
72 x 24 in. (182.9 x 61 cm)
Three-Tone Scale
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: Motherwell
1 March 76
Verso (on top horizontal strainer):
“three-tone scale” Motherwell,
march 76
artist’s studio number
c76-1564
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2003
solo exhibitions
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1976
(traveling), cat. no. 64, illus. p. 114.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
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collages
references
Museo Rufino Tamayo exh. cat. 1991,
illus. p. 90 (in studio); Windrow 1992,
illus. frontispiece (in studio); Miriam &
Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia
University, exh. cat. 1997, illus. p. 81
(in studio); Galleria d’Arte il Gabbiano
exh. cat. 2006, illus. p. 26 (in studio),
illus. p. 28 (in studio).
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Die Spinnerin
1976
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on paperboard
40 x 27 in. (101.6 x 68.6 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: RM 76
artist’s studio number
c76-926
present owner
ergdeg Collection LLC
provenance
Richard and Dorothy Rodgers, 1977;
[Christie’s, New York, November 18,
1992, lot 1, illus.]; ergdeg Collection
LLC, 1992
comments
The title of this collage, Die Spinnerin
(The Spinner), derives from the sheet
music in it, which is from Mozart’s
song for voice and piano “Die kleine
Spinnerin” (The Little Spinner; k. 531).
