Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 292
c596
c596
Step Inside Love
1977
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper right, incised and
inscribed: R. Motherwell 24 March 77
ArtIst’s studIo number
c77-1258
present owner
Private collection
provenAnce
Private collection, 1978
solo exhIbItIons
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de
Paris, 1977.
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1978,
cat. no. 49.
comments
In 1977 Motherwell’s lawyer, Lee
Eastman, helped arrange a commission
for Motherwell by MPL Communications, the musician Paul McCartney’s
280
collages
publishing company. (McCartney was
married to Eastman’s daughter Linda.)
Under the terms of the commission,
Motherwell agreed to make several
collages incorporating McCartney’s
sheet music.
This collage takes its title from the
sheet music it contains, which is for
“Step Inside Love,” a song written by
McCartney and John Lennon. The
collage also includes a lithograph of
an enlarged package from Reynitas
Cigarrilhos, a brand of cigars manufactured in Bahia. This lithographic reproduction of the wrapper was made for
Motherwell by Tyler Graphics Ltd., and
was also used in Brasileira (c527).
c597
c597
Magneto and Titanium Man
1977
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper left, incised: Motherwell
March 77
Recto, lower left, incised: RM 77
ArtIst’s studIo number
c77-954
present owner
Private collection
provenAnce
Private collection, 1978
comments
This is Motherwell’s second collage
that incorporates music by Paul
McCartney, as part of a commission
by MPL Communications (see the
Comments for c596). The title of this
work comes from the sheet music for
“Magneto and Titanium Man,” a song
by McCartney.
The mailing envelope was sent
to Motherwell by Leslie Waddington,
Motherwell’s British print dealer.
