Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 454
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Untitled
The Rock
1958
Oil and shellac on paperboard
14⅞ x 22½ in. (37.8 x 57.2 cm)
1958
Shellac and ink on paper
19 x 24¾ in. (48.3 x 62.9 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper right: RM 58
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM 58
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: 58 RM
artIst’s studIo number
p58-2838
Verso (on backing board): Robert
Motherwell 1958
present owner
Private collection
present owner
Private collection
present owner
Art Hispania SL, Barcelona
provenance
Private collection, 1959
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Jonathan
Novak Contemporary Art, 2002;
private collection, 2002
provenance
Martin Janis, Sherman Oaks, Calif.;
[Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New
York, February 27, 1980, lot 9, illus.
(not sold)]; private collection, 1981;
[Christie’s, New York, February 23,
1990, lot 15, illus.]; Art Hispania SL,
Barcelona, 1990
solo exhIbItIons
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, March
1959, cat. no. 31.
comments
Motherwell painted this work in
Saint-Jean-de-Luz during the summer
of 1958.
solo exhIbItIons
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, March
1959, cat. no. 32.
references
Arnason 1982, illus. p. 49 (pl. 41, in
exhibition).
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paintings on p a p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
comments
Motherwell painted this work in
Saint-Jean-de-Luz during the summer
of 1958.
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Drawing A
1958
Shellac and ink on paper
19 x 24½ in. (48.3 x 62.2 cm)
references
Arnason 1977b, illus. p. 51 (pl. 26, in
exhibition); Arnason 1982, illus. p. 49
(pl. 41, in exhibition).
comments
This work was probably painted in
Saint-Jean-de-Luz during the summer
of 1958.
