Robert Motherwell Art
Robert Motherwell (USA, 1915–91)
The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell is often taken as synonymous with the New York School, whose name he coined. Motherwell was the youngest of this group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in 1950s and '60s New York City, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston and Mark Rothko.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell had perhaps the broadest and best education of any of the New York School coterie, with an extensive background in philosophy, literature and art history. He earned a BA in philosophy in 1937 from Stanford University and was working toward a PhD in the subject at Harvard when he interrupted his studies for a yearlong trip to Europe, where he fell in love with European modernism.
After returning, in 1940 he enrolled Columbia to study art history. It was there that he met a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists, and encounter that proved influential on his style. Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism” — unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses — into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School.
Works like the 1967 Beside the Sea no. 45 , an acrylic on canvas, and the 1966 lithograph New York International epitomize Motherwell’s use of simple shapes in boldly contrasting colors, executed in quick, gestural strokes that occasionally evoke figures, suggesting a latent narrative despite their obvious abstraction.
Throughout his career, Motherwell taught painting at Hunter College, in New York, and at Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where his work influenced the likes of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Noland. His influence as one of the founding fathers of American Abstract Expressionism remains profound.
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Tricolor, Limited Edition Lithograph, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Mount Clemens, MI
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991) A leading exponent of American abstract expressionism, Robert Motherwell has served as a vital spokesman for the avant-garde of the mid-twentieth centur...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Red Samurai
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Primal Sign II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A classic example of Robert Motherwell's abstract and simplistic style, this scarce print is richly inked and initialed and numbered 40/45 by the artist.
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Beau Geste VI, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
From a portfolio of six individual lithographs, each created as Robert Motherwell’s visualization of six poems by Marcelin Pleynet, Beau Geste VI was printed in 1989 by Teluride Pres...
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20th Century Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
American La-France Variations IX
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Title: Untitled
Year: 1972
Edition: Proof
Framed Size: 21" x 28"
Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x 25"
Reference: Belknap 80
Signed: ...
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1970s Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Africa Suite #7
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Bold color screenprint, in Motherwell's iconic minimalist style. Initialed and numbered 93/150 in pencil by the artist. Artist blind stamp also included in the lower right margin and...
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1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Gauloises on Grey No. 29 by ROBERT MOTHERWELL - Collage, Acrylic, Contemporary
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Gauloises on Grey No. 29 by ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Acrylic with paper collage on Upson board
59.7 x 24.8 cm (23 ½ x 9 ¾ inches)
Signed lower right, RM
Executed in 1972
Prove...
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1970s American Modern Robert Motherwell Art
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Mixed Media, Acrylic
Norway
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
54.9 x 56.5 cms (21.6 x 22.25 ins)
Edition of 50
Paper: Somerset paper
Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right
Proofs:20 AP, ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Lithograph
Australian Stone -- Aquatint, Handmade Paper, Etching by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
ROBERT MOTHERWELL
Australian Stone, 1983-84
Aquatint printed in red, with chine collé onto Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper
Signed and numbered from the edition of 52
Printed in...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Bastos
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Elegy Black Black, a beautiful lithography from Motherwell's elegy series
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
extract from the catalogue raisonné:
CR 309
Signature:Signed Motherwell in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Wave
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Large, vibrant color lithograph by Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Motherwell from a limited edition of 92. Signed by Motherwell and numbered in pencil. Printed and published ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Tricolor 137
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Tricolor 137
Year: 1973
Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate
Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm)
Frame: 19 x 16 inches
Published by XXe ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Offset
Untitled, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Created by the artist in 1975, Robert Motherwell’s, Untitled is an exceptional etching and aquatint, hand-signed in pencil, and numbered, measuring 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 60 cm), unfram...
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20th Century Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Peace Portfolio I: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed screenprint on Rives BFK paper by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) titled "Peace Portfolio I: Untitled", 1970. Hand pencil signed and numbered by Moth...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Bicentennial Suite
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Aquatint
Slate Gray Pintura, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A stunning image in its simplicity and so recognizably by Robert Motherwell, Slate Gray Pintura was created by the artist in 1975 as an aquatint, etching and collograph, the artwork...
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20th Century Modern Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Robert Motherwell, 'Untitled' 1973 Print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Created in 1973, Robert Motherwell's 'Untitled' is an Etching with Aquatint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil. This is from an edition of 50. Please contact with any que...
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1970s Contemporary Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching
Tricolor 137
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Tricolor 137
Year: 1973
Medium: Offset Lithograph, signed in the plate
Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm)
Frame: 19 x 16 inches
Published by XXe ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Offset
On the Wing
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
46.75 x 30.5 ins (118.7 x 77.5 cms)
Edition of 70
Signed in pencil lower right.
Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop number "RM83-718" in pe...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Color, Lithograph
Perpetual Summer
By Robert Motherwell
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
...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Paroles peintes III: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching
Red Sea I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
105.4 x 74 cms (41 1/2 x 29 1/8 ins)
Edition of 100
Paper: Arches Cover
Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right; artis...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Etching, Aquatint
THE ROBINSON JEFFERS PRINT
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 100
29.5 x 24.4 cms (11 5/8 x 9 5/8 ins)
THE ROBINSON JEFFERS PRINT (B. 250; E./B. 283)
Lithograph, 1981, on Kitikata handmade paper, 1981, signed and numbered /100 in pen...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Untitled (#19)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (#19)
1976
Etching ink on paper
64.8 x 49.5 cms (25 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins)
RM17068
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Monotype
For Meyer Schapiro: Tallith for Meyer Schapiro
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
España II
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (State I)
1977
Lithograph and chine collé, Edition of 20
46 x 58.7 cms (18.1 x 23.1 ins)
RM12854
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Untitled (State I)
1977
Lithograph and chine collé, Edition of 20
46 x 58.7 cms (18.1 x 23.1 ins)
RM12854
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Red and Black No. 52
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Motherwell's "The Red and Black No.52" is an abstract collage that incorporates oil based etching ink, pasted papers, and aquatint on paper. The piece was created between the ...
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1980s Modern Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint
Art 1981 Chicago, large lithograph
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Art 1981 Chicago " 1981, is a large original color lithograph by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). It is hand signed and numbered 142/150 in pencil...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Signs on Copper
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original signed lift-ground etching and aquatint on German Etching paper by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) titled "Signs on Copper", 1981. Hand pencil signed and nu...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Primal Sign IV" Robert Motherwell Limited Edition Print in Black and Brown
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Danvers, MA
A limited edition print by celebrated American abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell. This print features a palette of deep earth tones with Motherwell's signature expressiveness...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
"Delta" Robert Motherwell Limited Edition Print in Black and Brown
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Danvers, MA
A limited edition print by celebrated American abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell. This print features a deep, organic palette of rich black which seems to seep and spill acro...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint, Archival Paper
"Summer Light Series: Pauillac, #1" Robert Motherwell Limited Edition Print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Danvers, MA
A limited edition print by celebrated American abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell. Summer Light Series: Pauillac, #1 is among iconic prints in Motherwell's Summer Light series...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Found Objects, Archival Paper, Lithograph
Africa Suite: Africa 7
By Robert Motherwell
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 automatic brush drawings were rew...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Africa Suite: Africa 9
By Robert Motherwell
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 automatic brush drawings were rew...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Africa Suite: Africa 6
By Robert Motherwell
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 automatic brush drawings were rew...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Africa Suite: Africa 10
By Robert Motherwell
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 automatic brush drawings were rew...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Screen
Africa Suite: Africa 8
By Robert Motherwell
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 automatic brush drawings were rew...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Screen
Rite of Passage III, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A rare archive proof, Rite of Passage, by Robert Motherwell, is an original lithograph with chine collé on handmade paper measuring 24 ½ x 34 in. (73.7 x 86.4 cm), unframed.
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dance I, Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
This rare lift-ground etching and aquatint is part of the "Dance" series of three prints by Robert Motherwell. The artist’s attention to detail is apparent in Dance I. This print is...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Mediterranean Light
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Greenwich Arts Council
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
An original lithograph exhibition poster on heavy cream Strathmore paper by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1992) titled "Greenwich Arts Council", 1976. From the unsigned li...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Lyric Suite: Liberté Toute Entière No. 3
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Black ink with orange bleed on rice paper
22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
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20th Century Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Ink
No. 2 from Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
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
I...
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1980s Modern Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Rice Paper, Lithograph
The Aberdeen Stone
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Sheet size: 40 1/4 x 27 5/8 inches
Frame dimensions: 48 1/2 x 36 1/8 inches
Printer and publisher: ULAE, West Islip, New York
Catalogue raisonné: Engberg & Banach 101
Edition size: ...
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1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Frontispiece from" A la Pintura"
By Robert Motherwell
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 W...
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1970s Post-War Robert Motherwell Art
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Aquatint
Mediterranean Light
By Robert Motherwell
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 Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Berggruen Series: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
40 x 42.2 cms (15 3/4 x 16 5/8 ins)
Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right
Edition: 100
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Berggruen Series: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
40 x 42.2 cms (15 3/4 x 16 5/8 ins)
Edition of 100
Paper: white Arches Cover paper
Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil upper left
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil upper le...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
The Basque Suite: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
104.1 x 71.8 cms (41 x 28.25 ins)
Edition of 150
Paper: J.B. Green Paper
Signed "RM" in pencil lower right; signed "Motherwell" in screen lower right
Inscriptions: Numbered in ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Screen
Elegy Study
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade paper
1979
64.1 x 95.3 cm (25 1/4 x 37 1/2 inches)
Category
1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mexican Night II, Robert Motherwell Etching and Aquatint
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Danvers, MA
Etching and aquatint limited edition print by celebrated abstract expressionist painter, Robert Motherwell. The piece features a palette of bright red and white with expressive, call...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
La Casa de la Mancha, Robert Motherwell Etching and Aquatint
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Danvers, MA
"La Casa de la Mancha" (The House in La Mancha) most likely refers to the Castilla-La Mancha region of central Spain, southeast of Madrid. Motherwell created this piece in 1984, lat...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
The Robinson Jeffers Print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
The Robinson Jeffers Print, 1981
lithograph on natural Kitakata handmade paper
11 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (29.5 x 24.5 cm)
Signature:Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Nu...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Robert Motherwell-Juilliard School Dedication-45" x 29.5"-Lithograph-1969
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Published in 1969 by the Lincoln Center to announce the opening of the Juillard School. About only 500 of these posters were printed according to the Lincoln Center Posters book, pa...
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20th Century Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
