Skip to main content
Questions & Answers
Our trusted network of 1stDibs sellers answer common questions

How did Motherwell paint?

1 Answer
How did Motherwell paint?
Robert Motherwell painted using techniques borrowed from action and color field painting. He sometimes dipped thinned paint right onto the canvas. In other works, he soaked paints into an unprimed work surface. Find a variety of Robert Motherwell art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
Shop for Robert Motherwell Art on 1stDibs
The Basque Suite #5
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprint on J. B. Green paper, 1970-71. Initialed by the artist and numbered 123/150 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlborough Gra...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Color

Motherwell- Mostly Mozart - HAND SIGNED Limited Edition Screen-print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first edition screenprint, designed and created by renowned artist Robert Motherwell, was commissioned for the Mostly Mozart Festival presented at the Lincoln Center for the Per...
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Spanish Elegy (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nocturne I (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nocturne III (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750...
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Shop All