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Art For Sale
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Artist: Catherine Koenig
The Persian II
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rites of Passage II
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and established New York City as the center of the art world for the second half of the 20th century. Motherwell was also the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. His work appears in museum collections around the world and is instantly recognizable for its boldness and black forms. Yet in addition to his impressive paintings, Motherwell is also revered as a printmaker. He is one of the most innovative and prolific printmakers of the 20th century. He was always searching for new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier, or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. This print, along with "El General", was created at Tyler Graphics in 1979. "Rites of Passage II...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, 25th Anniversary. Lithograph, Edition of 800, unsigned and unnumber...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Screen

No. 6 from Three Poems
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: No. 2 from Three Poems, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750 ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

St. Michael III
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting...
Category

1970s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen, Lithograph

America La France Variations II
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is one of the essential American abstract painters that radically defined post-war abstraction in New York City. Today, his work appears in museum collections around the world and is instantly recognizable for its boldness and black forms. His auction record was set in 2018 at $12.6 million USD. In addition to his impressive paintings, Motherwell is also revered as a printmaker. He is one of the most innovative and prolific printmakers of the 20th century. He was always searching for new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier, or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. "America-La France...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Tricolor 137
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Date: 1973 Lithograph, signed in the plate Image Size: 12 x 9 inches
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paris Suite (Autumn)
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is one of the essential American abstract painters that radically defined post-war abstraction in New York City. Today, his work appears in museum collections around the world and is instantly recognizable for its boldness and black forms. His auction record was set in 2018 at $12.6 million USD. In addition to his impressive paintings, Motherwell is also revered as one of the most innovative and prolific printmakers of the 20th century. He was always searching for new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier, or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. Created in 1980, "Paris Suite...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Glass Garden
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Created in 1984 on handmade paper, “Glass Garden” was signed in pencil, numbered 50/59, and published by Motherwell with his blind stamp in New York City. Robert Motherwell, the youn...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

London Series II: Untitled (Blue/Pale Blue)
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 150
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Screen

Rare Catherine Koenig Nude Female Artist American Trompe L'oeil Pastel Pink
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Modern realist “trompe l’oeil” egg tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Catanzaro Koenig depicting a painting of a nude held up by masking tape. Koenig inspired by Magritte, creates captivating works that delight the eye. Catherine C. Koenig was born Caterina Catanzaro in 1921 and grew up on the West side of Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Lafayette High School Buffalo in 1939. She exhibited a talent for drawing and painting early on and attended Albright Art School, where she graduated with an Associate's Degree in 1942. Her professional career as an artist began in the 1940s when she started to exhibit her work. From 1946-1956, she taught drawing and painting at the Art Institute of Buffalo. She married Buffalo artist...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Tempera, Board, Egg Tempera, Wood

Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VII
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar ...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph

Black Sounds
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Black Sounds 1984 Lithograph, relief print, and collage 99.1 x 63.5 cms (39 x 25 ins) RM14197
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Prayer Rug 2
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Modern realist “trompe l’oeil” egg tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Catanzaro Koenig depicting a person curled up titled “Prayer Rug #2″. Catherine C. Koenig was born Caterina Catanzaro in 1921 and grew up on the West side of Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Lafayette High School Buffalo in 1939. She exhibited a talent for drawing and painting early on and attended Albright Art School, where she graduated with an Associate's Degree in 1942. Her professional career as an artist began in the 1940s when she started to exhibit her work. From 1946-1956, she taught drawing and painting at the Art Institute of Buffalo. She married Buffalo artist...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Wood, Tempera, Board

Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2 1973 Lithograph, screenprint, pochoir, and collage, Edition of 55 91.4 x 45.7 cms (36 x 18 ins) RM12795
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VIII
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph

Africa Suite: Africa 9
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Black Cathedral
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Black Cathedral 1991 Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper, Edition of 40 170.2 x 119.4 cms (67 x 64 ins) RM17876 Siri Engberg and Joan Bana...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Black Open
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Black Open 1985 Aquatint and line etching on Whatman paper 40.6 x 43.2 cms (16 x 17 ins) RM14234
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Prayer Rug 1
Located in Buffalo, NY
A Modern realist “trompe l’oeil” egg tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Catanzaro Koenig depicting a person curled up titled “Prayer Rug #1″. Catherine C. Koenig was born Caterina Catanzaro in 1921 and grew up on the West side of Buffalo, NY. She graduated from Lafayette High School Buffalo in 1939. She exhibited a talent for drawing and painting early on and attended Albright Art School, where she graduated with an Associate's Degree in 1942. Her professional career as an artist began in the 1940s when she started to exhibit her work. From 1946-1956, she taught drawing and painting at the Art Institute of Buffalo. She married Buffalo artist...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Wood, Tempera, Board

España II
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Espana II 1983 Aquatint and lift-ground etching on Moulin du Gue Rives de Lin paper Edition of 40 31.8 x 26.7 cms (12.5 x 10.5 ins) RME9319
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Redness of Red" Lithograph Screenprint Collage Contemporary Abstract Abex 1/100
Located in New York, NY
"Redness of Red" Lithograph Screenprint Collage Contemporary Abstract Abex 1/100 Redness of Red by Robert Burns Motherwell (1915-1991) Lithograph Scree...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph, Screen

Untitled
Located in London, GB
29.88 x 22.36 ins (75.9 x 56.8 cms) Edition of 96 Signature:Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right ...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Perpetual Summer
Located in London, GB
60 x 42.9 cms ( 23.62 x 16.89 ins) Edition of 26 Signature:Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right Publ...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Art Institute
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original 1942 oil on board painting by American female artist Catherine Koenig depicting the interior of the Buffalo Art Institute which was home to the legendary Charles Burchfie...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Signs on Copper /// Abstract Expressionism Robert Motherwell Brown Black Etching
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Title: "Signs on Copper" *Signed and numbered by Motherwell in pencil lower right Year: 1981 Medium: Original Lift-Ground Etching with Aquatint on German Etching paper Limited edition: 45/53, (there were also 10 artist's proofs) Printer: Catherine Mosley in the artist's studio, Greenwich, CT Publisher: The artist Motherwell himself, Greenwich, CT Reference: "Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1990 - The Prints of Robert Motherwell" - Belknap No. 252, page 249; Engberg No. 286 Framing: Not framed, but matted with a custom hand-wrapped 8 ply linen mat Matted size: 28.25" x 33.75" Sheet size: 27" x 31.75" Image size: 17.75" x 23.5" Condition: Light mat stain in margins and a light water stain to lower right corner in margin. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition with rich colors; the printed image is pristine Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Palm Beach, FL. Released by Petersburg Press, London, UK and New York, NY. Artist's chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Printed in 2 colors in 3 runs from 2 zinc plates and 1 copper plate: 1. burnt sienna - zinc plate (aquatint); 2. burnt sienna - copper plate (aquatint); 3. black - zinc plate (lift-ground etching and aquatint). 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...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Aquatint, Etching, Intaglio

No. 2 from Three Poems
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: No. 2 from Three Poems, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750 ...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Rice Paper, Lithograph

Africa Suite: Africa 7
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

America La-France Variations IX
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting...
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Lithograph

Africa Suite: Africa 8
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Africa Suite: Africa 6
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Bastos
Located in London, GB
Edition of 49 plus 12 artist's proofs 158.4 x 101.6 cms (62.4 x 40 ins) Published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village, New York
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Rainbow
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original realist drawing by American female artist Catherine Koenig. This work is featured in the Draw Near exhibition currently on view at Benjaman Gallery.
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

For Meyer Schapiro: Tallith for Meyer Schapiro
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell For Meyer Schapiro: Tallith for Meyer Schapiro 1974 Lift-ground etching and aquatint on Arches Cover paper Ed. 100, 13 AP, 1 CP, 11 HC 105.4 x 74.9 cms (41.5 x 29.5...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Mexico
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original realist egg tempera painting by American artist Catherine Koenig created during her travels to Mexico. This work will be featured in the gallery's upcoming exhibition "Dr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Africa Suite: Africa 10
Located in London, GB
The original studies from the 'Africa Suite' were a group of ten works selected from a series of ink-on-paper drawings from the same year. The large autom...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Screen

Paroles peintes III: Untitled
Located in London, GB
Open-bite etching printed in dark, brownish black on fibrous Japan paper 38 x 28 cms (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 ins) Edition of 200 in three numbered segments
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Etching

In White with Green Stripe
Located in London, GB
Rober Motherwell In White with Green Stripe 1987 Lithograph, relief print, embossing and collage 86.4 x 61 cms (34 x 24 ins)
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Summertime in Italy (with Lines)
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Rives BFK paper 61.6 x 43.18 cms (24 1/4 x 17 inches) Edition of 100
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Frontispiece from" A la Pintura"
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A print by Robert Motherwell. "Frontispiece from 'A la Pintura'" is an aquatint executed in blue and brown and depicts the writing A la Pintura below a small blue rectangle by Post War artist Robert Motherwell. Signed lower right, in ink, "Robert Motherwell 1972...
Category

1970s Post-War Art

Materials

Aquatint

Mediterranean Light
Located in New York, NY
1991 Lithograph in colors, on white TGL handmade paper Sheet: 32 2/5 x 76 inches Edition of 40 Signed and numbered in pencil Framed, mint condition
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Paris Suite 3 (Autumn)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Paris Suite III (Autumn) 1980 Lithograph on J.B. Green handmade paper, Edition of 60 49.2 x 56.8 cms (19 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins) RM17035 CR 26...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Bicentennial Suite
Located in Santa Fe, NM
French Revolution Bicentennial Suite is a set of four 1988 aquatints with photoengraving and collage elements by Robert Motherwell. The iconic Suite is hand signed in graphite by Mot...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Eggplant Etc.
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original tempera painting by American female artist Catherine Koenig. This work is currently featured in the Draw Near exhibition at Benjaman Gallery.
Category

1970s Realist Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Cross Up
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original realist pastel drawing by American female artist Catherine Koenig.
Category

1990s Realist Art

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Mediterranean Light
Located in New York, NY
1991 Lithograph in colors, on white TGL handmade paper Sheet: 32 2/5 x 76 inches Edition of 40 Signed and numbered in pencil Framed
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Irish Book
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas mounted on board 50.8 x 40.6 cms (20 x 16 ins) This collage includes a fragment of a 1985 print, Burning Sun. Although Motherwell signed...
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Dedication–Lincoln Center (B.App.23)
Located in London, GB
44.5 x 29.25 ins (113 x 74.3 cms) Edition of 108 Signature:Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower left Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower left; some impressions have artist's chop mark lower left Publisher:The Juilliard School...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Mixed Media, Screen

Paris Suite 4 (Winter)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Paris Suite IV (Winter) 1980 Lithograph on J.B. Green handmade paper, Edition of 60 47 x 45.7 cms (18.5 x 18 ins) RM17036 CR 267 18 1/2 ...
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Basque Suite: Untitled
Located in London, GB
Colour screenprint on J.B. Green paper 104.1 x 71.7 cms (41 x 28 1/4 ins) Edition of 150
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Screen

Taped Sky
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American artist Catherine Koenig.
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Paris Suite 2 (Summer)
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell Paris Suite II (Summer) 1980 Lithograph on J.B. Green handmade paper, Edition of 60 49.2 x 41 cms (19 1/2 x 16 ins) RM17034 CR 265 Sign...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Stoneness of Stone
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell The Stoneness of the Stone Edition 75 1974 Lithograph on light gray Twinrocker handmade paper laminated to medium gray Twinrocker handmade paper 104.1 x 76.2 cms (4...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

French Revolution Bicentennial Suite lll
Located in Santa Fe, NM
French Revolution Bicentennial Suite III is a 1988 aquatint with photoengraving and collage elements by Robert Motherwell. French Revolution Bicenten...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Abstract Composition - Original color Etching and Aquatint - 1967
Located in Paris, FR
Robert MOTHERWELL Abstract Composition Original etching and aquatint Unsigned On Johannot vellum 37.5 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) Published by Lazar Vernet in 1967 and limited to 200 ...
Category

1960s Abstract Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Poet II - Lithograph, Abstract Print, 20th Century by Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 35 75.6 x 53.7 cms (29.76 x 21.14 ins)
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Roth-Handle
Located in London, GB
CR 168 Paper:Auvergne à la Main Richard de Bas handmade paper; offset-printed Roth Händle cigarette label Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil upper right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Aquatint

Gesture I (State I)
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on J.B. Green paper 89.5 x 66.7 cms (35 1/4 x 26 1/4 ins) Edition of 75
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

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