Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 7
Key to the Catalogue Entries
what is included
A painting is a work executed (either wholly or in part) in the medium
This concise key to the catalogue raisonné entries has been condensed
of paint—such as oil, acrylic, alkyd enamel, casein, or tempera—on a
from the “Usage Guide to the Catalogue Entries” in volume 1, to
support of canvas, canvas board, wood, Masonite, Upson board, Bone
which the reader should refer for a more detailed treatment of the
Board, or any other composite board panel (other than paperboard).
A collage is a work in any medium, on any support, that has a
pasted-on (or, more rarely, taped-on) element or elements.
issues that are addressed here.
A painting on paper is a painting executed in the medium of
paint (as described above) on a support of paper or paperboard
(board composed of pulp without added wood particles, such as rag
board, illustration board, cardboard, Tycore, or mat board), or on
Mylar or any similar kind of flexible plastic sheet.
Drawings are not included in this catalogue raisonné, but will be
published in a subsequent catalogue dedicated to Motherwell’s drawings. For the purposes of this publication, drawings are works on paper
without a collage element that are executed exclusively in dry mediums
(such as graphite, charcoal, or crayon), in fluid mediums other than
paint (such as ink, watercolor, or gouache, which is an opaque form of
watercolor), or in both the dry and fluid mediums listed above. Every
effort has been made to make accurate distinctions between paintings
on paper and drawings, which are sometimes quite difficult to ascertain.
the structure of the entries
for the individual works
In each entry, information about the work is given in the
following order:
Catalogue Raisonné Number
Title
Alternative Title(s)
Date
Materials (Mediums and Supports)
Dimensions
Inscriptions
Artist’s Studio Number
Present Owner
Provenance
Exhibitions
References
Comments
catalogue raisonné number
Each catalogue raisonné number includes a prefix letter (P, C, or W)
that designates its medium category. Works within each category are
numbered separately and preceded by the letter that designates the
category to which they belong: p1–p1209 for paintings on canvas or
panel; c1–c889 for collages; and w1–w722 for paintings on paper or
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