Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 473
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Summertime in Italy
1960
Oil and graphite on paper
57¼ x 42¾ in. (145.4 x 108.6 cm)
references
Flam 1991, color illus. n.p. (pl. 51, as
Summertime in Italy [Paper Painting]).
comments
This work was probably painted in
Alassio during the summer of 1960.
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solo exhibitions
Galería Joan Prats, Basel Art Fair,
Switzerland, 1991, cat. no. 1 (sec.
“Works on Paper”), color illus. n.p.
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Summertime in Italy
1961
Oil and ink on paper
65 x 42 in. (165.1 x 106.7 cm)
references
Flam 1991, color illus. n.p. (pl. 56).
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: R Motherwell 60
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: R Motherwell 61
artist’s studio number
d60-3566
artist’s studio number
p61-3565
present owner
National Gallery of Art, Washington,
D.C. The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass
Fund, 1999.55.6
present owner
Art Gallery of Ontario. Purchased with
funds from an anonymous donor, with
support from the Dedalus Foundation,
1998
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1999
solo exhibitions
Knoedler & Company, New York, April
1991, cat. no. 1.
comments
This work was reproduced during
Motherwell’s lifetime with the lower
right corner of the paper torn off (Flam
1991, pl. 56). Our reproduction comes
from a digital image taken after the
work was restored by the Art Gallery
of Ontario.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Art Gallery
of Ontario, Toronto, 1996
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