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early state (without the yellow paint on
the right side) as late as the spring of
1961, when it was documented in color
photographs of his studio. He subsequently completed the work with the
addition of the yellow sometime before
it was sent to Paris for his exhibition at
the Galerie Heinz Berggruen in
October 1961.
The title of this collage refers to
A Rose for Winter (1955), a book by the
British poet and novelist Laurie Lee
(1914–1997), who also published autobiographical accounts of his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.
In A Rose for Winter, Lee recounts his
travels in Andalusia during 1951–52.
Motherwell owned a copy of the 1960
Hogarth Press edition of this book.
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Blue Figure
1960
Oil and pasted papers on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower left: R. Motherwell 60
present owner
Unknown
provenance
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, ca. 1961;
unknown owner
solo exhibitions
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, April
1961, cat. no. 16, illus. n.p.
Galerie Heinz Berggruen, Paris, 1961,
color illus. n.p.
group exhibitions
Esther Stuttman Gallery, New York,
November 1960.
Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, 1961.
references
Ruhrberg 1996, illus. n.p.
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comments
Our reproduction of this work comes
from the 1961 Galerie Heinz Berggruen
exhibition catalogue.
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Midday Sun
Alternative Title: In White and Orange
1960/ca. 1985
Oil, acrylic, and pasted papers on paper
28¾ x 22¾ in. (73 x 57.8 cm)
inscriptions
Recto, lower right: RM 60
artist’s studio number
c60-348
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
solo exhibitions
Galleria Odyssia, Rome, 1962, cat.
no. 17 (shown in early state), as
In White and Orange.
Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, Germany,
1962, cat. no. [2] (shown in early state).
Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen,
Germany, 2004, color illus. p. 40.
Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, May
2005, cat. no. 20.
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