Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 634
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{ Drunk with Turpentine}
Untitled
1979
Oil on paper
18 x 35 in. (45.7 x 88.9 cm)
Alternative Title: May Day
1979
Oil on paper
20 x 26¼ in. (50.8 x 66.7 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: R Motherwell 1979
comments
Motherwell painted this work on handmade Richard de Bas Inclusion Florales
paper, which contains pressed flower
petals and ferns that are visible on its
surface. The alternative title May Day,
which is based on Motherwell’s inscription, was probably meant to date the
work rather than as a title.
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Drunk with Turpentine
1979
Oil on paper
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: RM 6 May 79 B
artist’s studio number
p79-2282
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R. Motherwell
May Day, 1979
present owner
Private collection
artist’s studio number
d79-2285
Verso (on backing board): for
Stephanie Terenzio with love from
her friend Robert Motherwell
October 1979
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private collection, 2000
present owner
Private collection
artist’s studio number
p79-2342
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2000
present owner
Private collection
solo exhibitions
Marlborough Gallery, New York, 1999,
cat. no. 31, color illus. p. 26, as May
Day.
references
Drudi 1984, color illus. p. 72; Drudi
1988b, color illus. p. 72.
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paintings on p a p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
provenance
Stephanie Terenzio, 1979; private
collection, ca. 1999; [Sotheby’s, New
York, October 6, 2005, lot 59, illus.];
Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2005; private
collection
comments
Motherwell dedicated this work on
the verso to Stephanie Terenzio, who
curated his 1979 solo exhibition at the
