Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 30
c16
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
November 1972 (traveling), cat. no. 4,
illus. p. 52.
group exhibitions
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1972,
cat. no. 31, illus. n.p., as In Beige and
Black.
references
McB[ride] 1946, p. 9; Motherwell 1946,
illus. p. 14; Seitz 1955, illus. n.p. (fig. 148),
illus. n.p. (fig. 151, in studio); Celentano
1957, pp. 35, 97, illus. n.p. (fig. 42),
referred to in text and in illus. as In
White and Beige; Arnason 1966a, p. 34,
illus. p. 26 (fig. 10); Wescher 1968, p. 301;
Galerie im Erker exh. cat. 1971, illus.
p. 9 (in studio); Kramer 1972b, illus.
p. 27, as In Beige and Black; Princeton
University Art Museum exh. cat. 1973,
illus. p. 18 (in studio); Arnason 1977b,
pp. 21–22, illus. n.p. (pl. 62, in studio);
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art,
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collages
Cornell University, exh. cat. 1978,
Ithaca and New York, illus. p. 89
(fig. 90, in studio), Tokyo, illus. n.p. (in
studio); Museo de Arte Contemporaneo
de Caracas exh. cat. 1979, illus. n.p. (in
studio); Arnason 1982, pp. 21–22, illus.
p. 29 (pl. 18, in studio); Albright-Knox
Art Gallery exh. cat. 1983, illus. p. 130
(in studio); Seitz 1983, p. 51, illus. n.p.
(figs. 160, 163, in studio); Van Hook
1983, p. 104, illus. p. 103 (fig. 4);
Bannon 1984a, illus. p. 100 (in studio);
Glueck 1984b, illus. sec. Magazine,
p. 72 (in studio); Mattison 1985b,
pp. 80, 136, 143, 167, illus. n.p. (fig. 103);
Mattison 1987, pp. 68, 113, 116, 142,
illus. p. 91 (fig. 31, in studio), illus.
p. 119 (fig. 43); American Art 1991,
illus. p. 70 (in studio); Danto 1991,
illus. p. 111 (in studio); Flam 1991, illus.
p. 30 (in studio); Rose 1991, illus. p. 8
(in studio); Terenzio 1992b, cover illus.
(in studio); Dortch 1994, illus. p. 134
(fig. 60, in studio); Fineberg 1995,
illus. p. 69 (fig. 3.31); Craven 1996,
illus. p. 27 (in studio); Chalumeau
1998, illus. p. 8 (in studio); Gilbert
1998, p. 356, illus. p. 561 (fig. 46);
Scott and Rutkoff 1999, illus. p. 304
(in studio); Fineberg 2000, illus. p. 69
(fig. 3.31, in studio); Wentrup 2001,
pp. 54–55.
comments
An earlier work appears on the verso
of this collage, executed in paint and
charcoal and oriented horizontally (see
figure below); this work on the verso
employs the same kind of abstracted
figurative forms that Motherwell used
in his 1943–44 drawings (see fig. 9 in
volume 1).
c17
View from a High Tower
Alternative Title: V-Letter
1944–45
Oil, pasted wood veneer, and pasted
papers on paperboard
29¼ x 29¼ in. (74.3 x 74.3 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Robert Motherwell
1944
artist’s studio number
c44-5009; c44-5051
present owner
Fram Trust
provenance
Paul Peters and Ivan von Auw Jr.,
ca. 1946; Fram Trust, 1972
solo exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
Robert Motherwell, September 1965
(traveling), New York, cat. no. 8, illus.
p. 12; Amsterdam, cat. no. 8, illus. n.p.;
Essen, cat. no. 8; Turin, cat. no. 8, illus.
p. 68 (pl. 8).
Verso of c16
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
November 1972 (traveling), cat. no. 3,
illus. p. 51.
