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Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte,
N.C., 2003, cat. no. 22.
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Contemporary Art Center of Virginia,
Virginia Beach, 2003.
1979
Oil on paper
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
references
Gaugh 1985, p. 72.
comments
In 1981 this work was used as the
model for a large-scale painting, A
Strange Kind of Music (p1031), and for
two prints: Signs on White and Signs
on Red (Engberg and Banach 2003,
nos. 284–85).
Drunk with Turpentine No. 51
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Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery,
Columbia University, New York, 1997
(traveling), cat. no. IX.3, color illus.
p. 164 (pl. 93).
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Drunk with Turpentine No. 67
Marlborough Gallery, New York, 2002.
1979
Oil on paper
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: RM 17 Aug 79
group exhibitions
Phoenix Gallery, New York, 1985.
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: Motherwell 79
artist’s studio number
d79-2389; p79-2380
Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, 1986 (traveling).
artist’s studio number
p79-2292
present owner
Private collection
references
Drudi 1984, color illus. p. 94; Drudi
1988b, color illus. p. 94.
present owner
Mr. and Mrs. William Schaffel
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2002
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Mr. and
Mrs. William Schaffel, 1999
solo exhibitions
Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, 1980,
cat. no. 16.
solo exhibitions
Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1999,
cat. no. 32, color illus. p. 28.
Knoedler & Company, New York, 1982,
cat. no. 11.
comments
This work follows number 51 in the
Drunk with Turpentine series. There
are no known works numbered between
52 and 66 in the series.
Visual Arts Museum, School of Visual
Arts, New York, 1983.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum,
New York, 1984, cat. no. 137.
Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona,
1996 (traveling), cat. no. 59, color illus.
p. 201.
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