Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 453
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references
Arnason 1966b, p. 31; Arnason 1977b,
p. 48, illus. p. 51 (pl. 26, in exhibition);
Arnason 1982, p. 48, illus. p. 49 (pl. 41,
in exhibition).
comments
Our reproduction comes from an early
black-and-white photograph of this
work (Juley photo no. 204; j0004992).
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Solitary Figure
1958
Oil on paperboard
21 x 18 in. (53.3 x 45.7 cm)
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Motherwell later painted the orange
field in to the edge of the figure and
added the small area of blue in the
upper right corner, which covers the
early signature.
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The French Menorah
1958
Oil, ink, and graphite on paper
19 x 15¼ in. (48.3 x 38.7 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left, incised: RM
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 58
artist’s studio number
p58-1098
artist’s studio number
d58-2987
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
present owner
The Jewish Museum, New York. Museum
purchase with funds provided by Philip
and Lynn Straus in memory of Joy
Ungerleider-Mayerson and gift of the
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
An early state of this painting, completed in Saint-Jean-de-Luz during the
summer of 1958, is visible in a studio
photograph dated December 1958 that
was used in a poster for Motherwell’s
exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in
March 1959 (Juley photo no. 78;
j0004871). In that early state the area
around the figure was darker, and it
was signed “RM 58” in the upper right
corner (Juley photo no. 176; j0004966).
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Jewish
Museum, New York, 1994
group exhibitions
Jewish Museum, New York, 2001.
comments
Motherwell painted this work in SaintJean-de-Luz during the summer of 1958.
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