Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 381
c809
c808
c809
The Red and Black No. 50
1987–88
Oil-based etching ink, pasted papers,
and aquatint on paper
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 87
artist’s studio number
c87-3429
present owner
Unknown
1984; and Wanderers, 1985 (Engberg
and Banach 2003, nos. 237, 345, and
364). Motherwell added the painted
black brush marks in 1988.
c810
c811
The Red and Black No. 51
The Red and Black No. 52
1987
Pasted papers and aquatint on paper
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm)
1987/1988
Oil-based etching ink, pasted papers,
and aquatint on paper
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 87
artist’s studio number
c87-3352
present owner
The Museum of Modern Art, New
York. Gift of the artist
provenance
Base Gallery, Tokyo, 1990; [Sotheby’s,
New York, October 4, 1990, lot 110,
illus.]; unknown owner, 1990;
[Sotheby’s, New York, May 4, 1993,
lot 352, illus. (not sold)]
provenance
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
1987
solo exhibitions
Waddington Graphics, London, 1989.
comments
This collage includes fragments of the
1986 print Yellow Flight and from the
1986 Alphabet Series (Engberg and
Banach 2003, nos. 367 and 375). The
sheet music is from the unidentified
Stabat Mater that also appears in a
number of other collages by Motherwell
(see the Comments for c687).
comments
This collage includes fragments of the
prints St. Michael III, 1979; At the Edge,
c810
solo exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
1987.
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 87
artist’s studio number
c87-3430
present owner
Eight Modern, Santa Fe
provenance
Base Gallery, Tokyo, 1990; [Sotheby’s,
New York, May 5, 1994, lot 148, illus.
(not sold)]; [Christie’s, London, July 2,
1998, lot 336, illus.]; unknown owner,
1998; [Sotheby’s, New York, November
15, 2006, lot 192, illus.]; Eight Modern,
Santa Fe, N.Mex., 2006
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, April
1988, cat. no. 16 (shown in early state).
Waddington Graphics, London, 1989.
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