Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 317
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Knoedler & Company in 1983. After it
was returned to his studio in 1985,
Motherwell reworked the collage again,
painted over the date, then re-signed
the work with the original 1980 date.
The title of this collage refers to
the name of the building next to
Motherwell’s “Sea Barn” residence and
studio in Provincetown, which was
known as “The Sign of the Mermaid.”
Beginning in 1972 Motherwell purchased condominium apartments in
that building, which he used as lodgings
for family and friends, and eventually
for a print studio.
The sheet music in this collage is
from Mozart’s Eine kleine deutsche
Kantate (k. 619).
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Blue Collage with Yellow and
Music
1980
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 80
artist’s studio number
p80-2518
present owner
Collection Patsy and Jeff Tarr
provenance
Private collection, 1988; James
Goodman Gallery, New York, 1988;
Patsy and Jeff Tarr, 1988
group exhibitions
Long Point Gallery, Provincetown,
Mass., July 1983.
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1983,
cat. no. 25.
Knoedler & Company, New York, June
1987, cat. no. 142, color illus. n.p.
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comments
The sheet music in this collage is from
Mozart’s Eine kleine deutsche Kantate
(k. 619).
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Greek Doorway
1980–ca. 1986/1991
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
mounted to Masonite
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell
Verso [obscured by strainer]: [illegible]
198[illegible]
Verso [painted over]: [illegible]
R. Motherwell
artist’s studio number
c80/91-2499
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1991
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, April
1991, cat. no. 16.
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City,
1991 (traveling), cat. no. 52, color illus.
p. 74.
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