Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 308
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comments
The title of this work derives from its
collage elements, which include part of
a package from a South African brand
of cigarettes called Life, and a lithographic reproduction of sheet music
for the Sarabande from J. S. Bach’s
English Suite no. 5 in E minor (bwv
810), which is also used in the collage
Yellow Music (c706).
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Black Music
1979
Acrylic, pasted papers, and crayon on
board
26 x 18¾ in. (66 x 47.6 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower left: RM 1979
ArtIst’s studIo number
c79-2438
present owner
Private collection, Texas
provenAnce
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, Texas, 2006
solo exhIbItIons
Rosenbaum Contemporary, Gallery
Center, Boca Raton, Fla., 2004.
Group exhIbItIons
Lamont Gallery, Frederick R. Mayer
Art Center, Phillips Exeter Academy,
N.H., 1986.
Leslie Feely Fine Art, New York, 2007,
cat. no. 22, color illus. n.p.
296
collages
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comments
The sheet music used in this work
is from Mozart’s Arietta “Oiseaux,
si tous les ans” (Birds, If Every Year;
k. 307/284).
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Unitas
1979
Oil and pasted papers on board
10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM 79
ArtIst’s studIo number
c79-2265
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenAnce
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhIbItIons
William Ehrlich Gallery, New York,
May 1979.
comments
This collage is closely related to
Motherwell’s 1979 Brushstroke series
(see p967–p973). The collage elements
are the vertical band of white paper on
the right and the small red label on it
that reads “Made in France.” The title,
Unitas, is Latin for “unity” or “oneness.” This work, like the Brushstroke
