Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 320
c661
(Sloman photo no. 972). The forms in
the line drawing near the center of this
work also appear in an intermediate
version of The Homely Protestant No. II
(40 Years Later) (p1187).
See also the Comments for
Cathedral I (c612).
c661
c662
Cathedral IV
[ Untitled (Cathedral Series)]
1977–ca. 1981
Acrylic and pasted papers on paper
22½ x 14¼ in. (57.2 x 36.2 cm)
1977–ca. 1981
Acrylic, pasted papers, and graphite on
paper
22½ x 14¼ in. (57.2 x 36.2 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left, incised: RM 77
artist’s studio number
c77-2258
present owner
Collection of Mr. William T. Eberhard
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; William T.
Eberhard, 2001
comments
This collage was begun in 1977, executed entirely in paper, at the same
time as other works in the Cathedral
series (see the Comments for c612).
Around 1981, Motherwell made major
revisions to it, most especially by adding red paint to most of its ground.
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c662
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: RM 77
artist’s studio number
c77-2291
present owner
Dana and Rick Dirickson
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Dana and
Rick Dirickson, 2004
solo exhibitions
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa
Monica, Calif., 2002, as Untitled.
comments
This collage was begun in 1977, at
the same time as other works in the
Cathedral series (see the Comments for
c612). In the earliest version of this
collage, the central form was composed
of blue papers. A Polaroid photograph
c663
of the work in Motherwell’s studio
shows that Motherwell painted these
forms black around 1981, when he
revisited several works from the
Cathedral series.
The early version of this collage
served as the basis for the first version
of a large painting, Apse (p984). The
final version of this collage was used as
a maquette for a 1991 lithograph, Black
Cathedral (Engberg and Banach 2003,
no. 522).
