Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 520
w242
w242
Untitled
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
1967
Acrylic on paper
30 x 22½ in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 67
w244
artist’s studio number
d67-1876
Ca. 1967
Acrylic on paperboard
29⅞ x 20 in. (75.9 x 50.8 cm)
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
w243
Untitled
1967
Acrylic on paper
30½ x 22½ in. (77.5 x 57.2 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 67
artist’s studio number
d67-1885
508
Untitled
w243
w245
w246
[ Untitled (Red Figure on Black
Ground)]
Untitled
Ca. 1967
Acrylic on paperboard
20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 38.1 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right, incised: Motherwell
artist’s studio number
p65-2603
inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
artist’s studio number
p-3841
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
comments
The date of this work is uncertain. In
1967, Motherwell utilized the figure 4
motif, first seen in his paintings on paper
as early as 1960 (see w104), on pages
from the Art Bulletin (see w246 and
w247). The scale and colors of this work
are similar to Motherwell’s 1967 Oval
painting series (see p381–p388). The
incised lines at the left and along the top
are reminiscent of some of the works in
the Alberti Suite (p522–p528). They
may have been added in 1969 or 1970.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
The date assigned to this work is based
on its relation to a number of the artist’s 1967 paintings that contain similar
colors and oval forms (see p381–p388).
paintings on p a p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
w244
1967
Acrylic on paper
11⅜ x 10 in. (28.9 x 25.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
artist’s studio number
d-3840b
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
references
Arnason 1977b, illus. n.p. (pl. 196, in
studio).
comments
In 1967 Motherwell created a series of
untitled works composed of gestural
forms painted on pages torn from the
March 1967 issue of the Art Bulletin.
The entire group is visible in a photograph of Motherwell’s studio taken
by Ugo Mulas in November 1967
(reproduced in Arnason 1977b, p. 199,
