Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 86
c99
no. 104; j0004896) shows torn fragments of the same Herodotus text that
appears in c95–c97 pasted near the
center; this area of the collage was subsequently painted over in ochre.
c100
c99
c100
c101
Sun and Sea
E-Z Cut
New York City Collage
1959
Oil and pasted papers on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Alternative Title: {Untitled (E-Z Cut)}
1959
Oil and pasted papers on board
30¼ x 22⅞ in. (76.8 x 58.1 cm)
1959
Oil, pasted papers, and crayon on paper
mounted on paperboard
30¼ x 24⅛ in. (76.8 x 61.3 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 59
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 59
artist’s studio number
c59-529
artist’s studio number
c59-1012
artist’s studio number
c59-344
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
present owner
Private collection, New York
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, New York, 2005
present owner
Denver Art Museum Collection. For a
full list of donors, see the entry for p22.
inscriptions
Recto, lower left, incised:
Motherwell 1959
solo exhibitions
Galleria Odyssia, Rome, 1962, cat. no. 21. group exhibitions
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, 2005,
references
color illus. p. 179, as Sense titol (E-Z
Sylvester 1962, illus. p. 97 (in studio).
Cut) (Untitled [E-Z Cut]).
comments
comments
The pieces of orange paper in this work
were originally part of another 1959 col- The title of this collage refers to the
wrapping for E-Z Cut brand stencil
lage (Juley photo no. 227; j0005014),
paper that is used in it. The H incised
which was destroyed by the artist; fraginto
the paint at the lower right probably
ments of that work were incorporated
refers
to Helen Frankenthaler; a similar
into this composition and White Collage
inscription
appears in another collage
with Red Stripe (c112).
made in 1959 (see c103).
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collages
provenance
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich,
1982; Robert Motherwell, 1983;
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Denver Art
Museum, 1994
solo exhibitions
Galleria Odyssia, Rome, 1962, cat.
no. 20.
Denver Art Museum, 1995, illus. n.p.
references
Stabenow 1983, p. 82, illus. p. 82; Drudi
1984, illus. p. 105 (in studio), illus.
