Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 299
c608
(pl. 124); Jennings 1991, p. 19; Torner
1996, cover color illus.; Chalumeau
1998, color illus. p. 21 (pl. 17).
comments
This work was done in 1977, around
the time that Motherwell gave definitive
form to the first collage called Port de
Boston (c606). Both works contain
printed customs labels for “Produce
of France, Port de Boston,” which is
partly covered over in this work by
another piece of paper.
c608
The Red Garden Window
1977/ca. 1987
Acrylic, pasted canvas, and pasted
papers on canvas mounted on board
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: 77 R Motherwell
artist’s studio number
c77-929
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1990
solo exhibitions
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, 1978
(shown in early state).
references
Moser 1978, sec. 3, p. 9, illus. sec. 3,
p. 9 (in early state, upside down).
comments
An October 1977 photograph of an
early version of this collage shows the
basic composition already set but the
lower part of the ground left unpainted
c609
(Sloman photo no. 663). That version
of the collage was shown at the Janie C.
Lee Gallery in 1978, where it remained
on consignment until January 1987.
Sometime after the work was returned
to Motherwell, he extended the red
paint to cover the raw canvas ground at
the lower right, painting over an area of
black gestural marks as he did so.
c609
Studio with Aladdin Label
Alternative Title: Aladdin
1977
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
mounted on board
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 77
Verso (on paper taped to backing
board): R. Motherwell 1977 July
artist’s studio number
c77-927
present owner
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, Saint
Louis
provenance
Private collection, 1987; Greenberg Van
Doren Gallery, Saint Louis, ca. 1991
solo exhibitions
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, 1978, as
Aladdin.
Washington University Gallery of Art,
Saint Louis, 1995, cat. no. 19.
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