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Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Title: "Untitled (Red)" Portfolio: London Series I *Signed by Motherwell in pencil lower right. It is also signed in the plate (printed signature) upper left Year: 1971 Medium: Original Screenprint on J. B. Green Double Elephant paper Limited edition: 32/150, (there were also 10 artist's proofs) Printer: Chris Prater of Kelpra Studio, London, UK Publisher: Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York, NY Reference: Belknap No. 62, page 176-177; Engberg No. 90 Framing: Within its original frame - the artwork is floated, framed in a gold contemporary moulding with black fabric matting and gold filet Framed size: 51.38" x 38.38" Sheet size: 41.25" x 28.25" Image size: 36.25" 24.13" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Detroit, MI; acquired from GMB Gallery Inc., Birmingham, MI in 1982 retaining its original receipt and appraisal. Numbered by Motherwell in pencil lower right. Comes from Motherwell's 1970-1971 "London Series" portfolio of five screenprints, (Belknap No. 60-64, page 176-177). The five works include "Untitled (Orange...

Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Greenwich Arts Council" *Issued unsigned, though signed by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) center right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Strathmore paper Limited edition: 700. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 42) Printer: Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap Appendix: No. 28, page 282; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 202 Sheet size: 37.25" x 23" Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Rare Notes: Printed in three colors: black, green, and cream. Poster produced for a special exhibition "Sculpture 76" at The Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT from June - October, 1976. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1972 acrylic painting on paper "Greenwich Sculpture". Artist's copyright lower left and printer's imprint lower right. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...

Robert Motherwell: 1915-1991. One of the most important and well listed American abstract painters of the 20th century. He has Auction records well into the millions of dollars for h...

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...

Artist: Robert Motherwell Title: Tricolor (from XXe Siecle) Medium: Lithograph Date: 1973 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 18 1/2" x 16 1/2" Sheet Size: 12 1/2" x 10 1/2" Signature: U...

Signature: Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right Edition: 16