Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 630
w585
w584
w584
{ Untitled (Drunk with
Turpentine)}
1979
Oil on paper
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right: Motherwell Feb 79
comments
In 1982, Motherwell based a large-scale
vertical painting titled Wall Fragment
(p1046) on the forms at the right side
of this painting on paper. Two later
works were also based upon this composition: Untitled (w690) and Blue
Drunk with Turpentine (p1118).
w586
w585
w586
[ Untitled (Drunk with
Turpentine)]
Drunk with Turpentine
1979
Oil on paper
23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper left: Motherwell Feb 79
artIst’s studIo number
d79-2293
artIst’s studIo number
p79-2306
present owner
Collection of John deC. Blondel Jr.
present owner
Private collection
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Michael
Sobczyk, 2004; [Sotheby’s, New York,
November 10, 2005, lot 223, illus.];
John deC. Blondel Jr., 2005
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2000
solo exhIbItIons
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles,
1997, cat. no. 8, as Drunk with
Turpentine Series.
618
paintings on p a p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
comments
This work served as the model for a
large-scale 1981 painting, White
Sanctuary (p1035).
1979
Oil on paper
28½ x 33 in. (72.4 x 83.8 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper right: RM 79
artIst’s studIo number
p79-2334
present owner
Marilyn and Charles Baillie
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Marilyn
and Charles Baillie, 2007
solo exhIbItIons
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago,
December 2005 (traveling), cat. no. 5.
Group exhIbItIons
Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago,
March 2005, color illus. n.p.
comments
This work served as the model for a
large-scale 1981 painting, Black Signs
(p1032).
