Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 541
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[ Untitled (Open)]
Untitled
Untitled
1968
Acrylic and graphite on paper
11½ x 14½ in. (29.2 x 36.8 cm)
1968
Acrylic and graphite on paperboard
11¾ x 10 in. (29.8 x 25.4 cm)
1969
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
61½ x 31¼ in. (156.2 x 79.4 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM 68
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM 68
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: RM 69
artIst’s studIo number
d68-2855
present owner
Kafka Family Collection
Recto, lower right [partially erased]:
[RM]
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Kafka Family Collection
artIst’s studIo number
d69-690
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
comments
This painting was done on a proof of
an unpublished print that contained a
grayish green ground and a black horizontal stripe. Motherwell subsequently
added the brighter green rectangular U
shape, which is outlined in graphite.
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
solo exhIbItIons
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich, Conn.,
2008.
that would be framed in a new Kulicke
product called Plas-Par-Tout.
The linear Open forms in this work
were rendered in charcoal with a strip
of white acrylic paint applied along the
right vertical line. The sheet of paper
was mounted on board and encased in
the Plas-Par-Tout plastic wrap, which
was removed from the work in 2009 to
arrest discoloration caused by the direct
contact of the plastic with the paper.
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
Group exhIbItIons
James Graham & Sons Gallery, New
York, 1969.
comments
Motherwell created this unusually sized
work for an exhibition called The Big
Drawing, organized by the framer
Barbara Kulicke and the James Graham
& Sons Gallery. The exhibiting artists
were asked to contribute works with
dimensions between 2 x 5 and 4 x 8 feet
p a i n tin gs on paper and paperbo ard
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