Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 383
c814
sheet music is from Mozart’s Don
Giovanni (k. 527). It was shown in an
early state at Knoedler & Company in
April 1988. Motherwell added the
painted black brush marks after it was
returned to him that May.
c814
The Red and Black No. 55
1987
Pasted papers and aquatint on paper
32 x 25 in. (81.3 x 63.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: for Arthur Berger in
memory of Paris, 1939
Recto, lower right: Robert Motherwell
unique collage print 1987
present owner
Unknown
provenance
Arthur Berger, 1987; Mrs. Arthur
Berger, 2003; unknown owner, 2007
references
Berger 2002, cover color illus.
comments
This collage includes fragments of a
1963 print, In Black with Yellow Ochre
(Engberg and Banach 2003, no. 8), and
of sheet music from Arthur Berger’s
Trio for Guitar, Violin, and Piano
(1972) and from Mozart’s Don
Giovanni (k. 527).
c815
The inscription at the lower right
indicates that Motherwell first thought
of the works in the Red and Black series
to be “unique collage prints.”
A reproduction of this collage was
used on the album cover for An Arthur
Berger Retrospective, a recording of
Berger’s music issued by New World
Records.
Motherwell and Berger had been
friends since they met at Harvard in
1937; see the Comments for Collaged
Wall VI (for Arthur Berger), c737.
c815
The Red and Black No. 56
1987–88
Oil-based etching ink, pasted papers,
and aquatint on paper
31½ x 25 in. (80 x 63.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 87
artist’s studio number
c87-3433
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
This collage includes fragments of the
prints America–La France Variations
VIII, 1984, and Wanderers, 1985
(Engberg and Banach 2003, nos. 336
and 364). Motherwell added the
painted black brush marks in 1988.
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