Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 47
c40
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, 1981,
illus. p. 12, as Composition.
references
Tallmer 1977, p. 16, illus. p. 16; Arnason
1982, color illus. p. 108 (pl. 118);
Motherwell in Arnason 1982, p. 108;
Mattison 1985b, pp. 173–75, illus. n.p.
(fig. 150, as Untitled [Pink Mirror]);
Mattison 1987, pp. 145–46, illus. p. 152
(fig. 58); Flam 1991, color illus. n.p.
(pl. 10); Gilbert 1998, pp. 348–49, 353–
54, illus. p. 560 (fig. 45); Wentrup 2001,
p. 54, illus. (fig. 22).
comments
This collage contains the same kind
of patterned German wrapping paper
that Motherwell had been using in his
collages since 1943. The title of this
work was later forgotten by Motherwell,
but when he saw it for the first time
in many years at the Andrew Crispo
Gallery in 1977, he remembered it to be
The Pink Mirror (Tallmer 1977, p. 16).
c40
Collage
1946
Oil and pasted papers on paperboard
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised: 46
Motherwell
Verso: Collage Motherwell
Verso [circled ]: [586]
present owner
David Winton Bell Gallery. Gift of the
Albert A. List Family Collection
provenance
Vera G. and Albert A. List; David
Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University,
Providence, R.I., 1955
group exhibitions
Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton
College, Clinton, N.Y., 1983, cat.
no. 12.
Bell Gallery, Brown University,
Providence, R.I., and Cantor Art
Gallery, College of the Holy Cross,
Worcester, Mass., 1985 (traveling),
cat. no. 35, illus. p. 76.
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York,
1992, cat. no. 69, illus. p. 152.
Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence, 2003.
comments
The inscription “586” on the verso of
this work in the artist’s hand refers to
the Samuel M. Kootz Gallery inventory
number for it.
c41
Montauk Montage
Alternative Title: Montauk
1946–47
Oil and pasted papers on board
23¾ x 19½ in. (60.3 x 49.5 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right, incised [partially
obscured by framing mat]: R[M] 47
artist’s studio number
c48-5163
present owner
Collection of Caroline and Stephen
Adler
provenance
Margarete and Heinz Schultz, 1947;
Caroline and Stephen Adler, 1954
solo exhibitions
Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York,
October 1949.
group exhibitions
California Palace of the Legion of
Honor, San Francisco, 1948, illus. p. 10.
Furniture Gallery, John Wanamaker’s
department store, Great Neck, N.Y.,
1952, cat. no. 36.
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