Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 347
c724
c724
In Scarlet with Black Bars
1981/ca. 1985
Acrylic, pasted papers, and graphite on
Masonite
42½ x 28½ in. (108 x 72.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: RM
artist’s studio number
c81-2637
present owner
Collection of Ms. Mary Beth Buck
provenance
Waddington Galleries, London, 1989;
Elaine and Henry Kaufman, 1991;
[Sotheby’s, New York, February 23,
2000, lot 199, illus.]; Mary Beth Buck,
2000
group exhibitions
Waddington Galleries, London, 1989,
cat. no. 37, color illus. p. 77.
references
Polcari 1991, p. 308.
comments
A 1981 version of this collage was oriented upside down from its current
presentation and contained a yellow
ground. That version was consigned
to Knoedler & Company in 1983 and
returned to the artist in November
1985. Motherwell then rotated the work
180 degrees, repainted the ground red,
and modified the central area by adding
collage elements, including a fragment
from his 1984 print Flesh Automatism
(Engberg and Banach 2003, no. 346).
c725
c725
Ascension
1985
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
board
36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 1985
Verso not seen [“R. Motherwell 1985,”
per studio card]
comments
This collage includes a fragment from a
1984 print, Mexican Night II (Engberg
and Banach 2003, no. 348). In 1986
Motherwell used this work as a model
for a painting, The Big A (p1136).
The sheet music is from Mozart’s
“Mi lagnerò tacendo” (I Complain in
Silence; k. 437), with the lyrics here
translated into German.
artist’s studio number
c85-3104
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Private collection, 1986
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, April
1986, cat. no. 17.
references
Braun-Munk 1991, color illus. p. 74
(installation view).
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