Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 363
c758
comments
The sheet music in this collage is from
Arthur Berger’s Trio for Guitar, Violin,
and Piano (1972).
c759
The Lovers
1987
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas
mounted on panel
36¼ x 24 in. (92.1 x 61 cm)
comments
This collage includes fragments from
Motherwell’s 1986 Alphabet Series, a
suite of collage prints (Engberg and
Banach 2003, no. 375).
c759
c760
The Red and Black No. 1
1987–88
Oil-based etching ink, pasted papers,
and aquatint on paper
31½ x 25 in. (80 x 63.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 87
Verso: “the lovers” R. Motherwell
1987
artist’s studio number
c87-3381
artist’s studio number
c87-3336
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
present owner
Private collection, Stockholm
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
provenance
Private collection, 1990; private collection, Stockholm, 1990
comments
This is the first numbered collage in
Motherwell’s Red and Black series,
which he worked on in 1987 and 1988.
Printed aquatint proofs of an image
derived from his 1975 collage Pas de
Deux No. 1 (c536) served as the paper
ground and support for all the works
in the series. Upon this ground,
Motherwell arranged collage elements
from various sources—mostly cut and
torn fragments of proofs of his own
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, April
1988, cat. no. 6.
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