Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 95
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Collage with Ultramarine Blue
1960–61
Oil and pasted papers on paper
28⅞ x 22⅞ in. (73.3 x 58.1 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, upper right: RM 60
present owner
The Museum of Modern Art, New
York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Joseph Lebworth
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Joseph Lebworth,
1961; Museum of Modern Art, New
York, 1981
solo exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, April
1961, cat. no. 12, illus. n.p. (in early
state), illus. n.p. (in studio, in early
state); shown in final state.
group exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York,
January 1965 (circulating), New York,
cat. no. 42; shown in U.S. venues only.
references
Museum of Modern Art, Robert
Motherwell, exh. cat. September 1965,
cover illus. (in studio, in progress);
Galerie im Erker exh. cat. 1971, illus.
p. 11 (in studio); Schmidt 1976,
illus. p. 77 (in studio); Arnason 1982,
illus. p. 138 (pl. 156, in studio, in
early state).
comments
An early state of this collage, without
the ultramarine blue paint, is visible in
a studio photograph taken sometime
after mid-March 1960 (see fig. 101 in
volume 1). It was also photographed
individually in this early state (Juley
photo no. 275; j0005059). Motherwell
added the blue paint just prior to his
solo exhibition at the Sidney Janis
Gallery in April 1961.
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Three Birds
White Collage with Red Stripe
Ca. 1960
Oil and pasted paper on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Alternative Title: White Collage with
Red Stripes
1960
Oil, pasted papers, and crayon on
paperboard
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto not signed, not dated
present owner
Unknown (said to have been destroyed,
before 1972)
inscriptions
Recto, upper left: R Motherwell 1960
provenance
The artist
Verso (on strainer): “white collage
with red stripe”
references
Pavia and Sandler 1960, illus. p. 21;
Arnason 1977b, illus. n.p. (pl. 125,
in studio).
Verso (on strainer): 1960 R Motherwell
comments
A photograph of this work in
Motherwell’s studio records (Juley
photo no. 264; j0005048) is inscribed
“Destroyed” on the verso. Our reproduction comes from that early blackand-white photograph. We do not know
whether this work still exists in the
form illustrated here.
artist’s studio number
c60-349
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhibitions
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris, 1961,
illus. n.p.
Galleria Odyssia, Rome, 1962, cat.
no. 22, illus. n.p.
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