Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 280
c565
c566
c565
Armory, Philadelphia, 1994.
c566
c567
Black in Hiding
references
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
1989, illus. p. 93 (pl. 903); Museo
Rufino Tamayo exh. cat. 1991, illus.
p. 90 (in studio); Windrow 1992, illus.
frontispiece (in studio); Galleria d’Arte
il Gabbiano exh. cat. 2006, illus. p. 28
(in studio).
The Iron Flute
St. Michel
1976
Acrylic, pasted canvas, pasted papers,
and graphite on canvas mounted on
board
71¼ x 23¼ in. (181 x 59.1 cm)
1975/1976
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
1976
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
72 x 24 in. (182.9 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell
9 March 76
present owner
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, Philadelphia. Funds provided by
the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Women’s Committee of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
1978.3
provenance
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, 1978
group exhibitions
Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York,
1977, cat. no. 131.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, 1984, cat. no. 99, color
illus. p. 35.
268
collages
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: Motherwell
10 March 76
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: 75 R Motherwell
Verso not seen [“St. Michel,” per
studio card]
present owner
Hess Art Collection
artist’s studio number
c75-1563
provenance
Hess Art Collection, 1981
present owner
Collection of Meredith & Cornelia
Long
references
Drudi 1983, color illus. n.p.; Museo
Rufino Tamayo exh. cat. 1991, illus.
p. 90 (in studio); Windrow 1992, illus.
frontispiece (in studio); Galleria d’Arte
il Gabbiano exh. cat. 2006, illus. p. 28
(in studio); Hess and Steiner 2009,
color illus. p. 236.
comments
The title of this collage refers to The
Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans, a book by
Nyogen Senzaki (Rutland, Vt., and
Tokyo: Charles Tuttle, 1961).
provenance
Meredith Long & Company, 1990;
Meredith & Cornelia Long, 1990
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1976,
cat. no. 17 (shown in early state).
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1976
(traveling), cat. no. 60, illus. p. 113.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
