Robert Motherwell Art
American, 1915-1991
The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell (1915–91) 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, Helen Frankenthaler 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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Artist: Robert Motherwell
The Quarrel, Lithograph with poem, signed/N (Belknap 294; Engberg & Banach 318)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
The Quarrel (Belknap 294; Engberg & Banach 318), 1983
Lithograph in colors on Arches cover mould paper
Hand signed and numbered 1/100 in graphite on the front with ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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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
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Color, Screen
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Irish Book
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Red Sea III
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint and lift-ground etching on Georges Duchêne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper, Edition of 70
1983
90.2 x 46.4 cms (35 1/2 x 18 1/4 ins)
Category
1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Untitled (from the London Series II)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robert Motherwell 1915–1991
London Series II: Untitled (Yellow/Black)
1971
Screenprint in colors on J.B. Green mould-made Double Elephant paper
28 h × 41 w in (71 × 104 cm)
Signed an...
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1970s Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VIII
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Roots of Abstract Art in America, from the VIP hand signed limited edition print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
Roots of Abstract Art in America, from the VIP hand signed limited edition, 1966
Lithograph and offset lithograph
Pencil signed and numbered 46/100 on the front
Fra...
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1960s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Offset, Lithograph, Graphite, Pencil
Window
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 artists that radically defined abstraction and establish...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching
Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VIII
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Nocturne II (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Black with No Way Out
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
15 x 38 ins (38.1 x 96.5 cms)
Edition of 98
Signature:Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; work...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Mexico City (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Brushed aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on German Etching paper
71.8 x 56.5 cms (28 1/4 x 22 1/4 ins)
Edition of 32
Category
1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
“Untitled from Flight”
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Warren, NJ
Robert Motherwell
Untitled from Flight
In good condition
Unframed
Measures 25x19
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20th Century Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
America - La France Variations I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
118.1 x 81.6 cms (46.5 x 32.1 ins)
Edition of 70
Published by Tyler Graphics, New York
Signed and numbered in pencil
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Put out all Flags
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on German Etching paper
53.3 x 73.7 cms (21 x 29 ins)
Edition of 50
Category
1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
“Carnegie Hall”
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Warren, NJ
Robert Motherwell signed Carnegie Hall Numbered Ap 23/25 Unframed. 30x23 in good condition
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Red Wind (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Poet II - Lithograph, Abstract Print, 20th Century by Robert Motherwell
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 Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
The Basque Suite: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 150
104.1 x 71.7 cms (41 x 28 1/4 ins)
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Screen
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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, number...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Paris Suite 4 (Winter)
By Robert Motherwell
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 ...
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1980s Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VI
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué
64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins)
Edition 50
Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper
Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar to...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine colle
73.9 x 56.9 cms (29.1 x 22.4 ins)
Edition of 19
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
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; artist's c...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Je t’aime (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s 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
Robert Motherwell
Elegy Black Black
1983
Lithograph in colors, on TGL handmade paper, Edition of 98< AP XI/XVI
38.1 x 95.9 cms (15 x 37 4/5 ins)
extract from the catalogue raisonné...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
In White with Green Stripe
By Robert Motherwell
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 Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Mediterranean, State I
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 abstraction and...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Mexican Night II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
44.5 x 44.5 cms (17.5 x 17.5 ins)
Edition of 70
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
Untitled (State I), Modern Lithograph with Chine Colle by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) - Untitled (State I), Year: 1977, Medium: Lithograph with Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: trial proof, Size: 7 x ...
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1970s Modern Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Tricolor with Dollar - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1973)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert MOTHERWELL
Tricolor with Dollar, 1973
Original lithograph
(Printed in Mourlot workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Edited by ...
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1970s American Modern Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Irish Suite #6
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 abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...
Category
1990s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching
Burnt Water (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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 Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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 Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nocturne VI (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
At the Edge
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on Auvergne
a la Main Richard de Bas handmade paper
57.8 x 63.8 cms (22.75 x 25.1 ins)
Edition of 34
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Color, Etching, Aquatint
Carnegie Hall
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Carnegie Hall," from the suite New York, New York, 1982, is an original color lithograph with silkscreen and embossing by American ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Lament for Lorca
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
44x61 in (111.8x154.9cm)
Edition of 52
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Samurai
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Signature: Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right
Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right
Edition: 16
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Black Cathedral
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Gesture Series (A)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper
77.5 x 57.2 cms (30 1/2 x 22 1/2 ins)
The composition of this work anticipates the 1971 lithograph Samurai.
Throughout his career Motherwell was drawn to automatis...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Acrylic
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
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
America 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...
Category
1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Elegy Fragment II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint, lift-ground etching and aquatint on Georges Duchene Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper
87.6 x 61 cm (34 1/2 x 24 inches)
Edition of 52
Category
1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
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 autom...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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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 autom...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Screen
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...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Color, Lithograph
Red Sea I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color aquatint and lift-ground etching and aquatint on Arches Cover paper. Signed and numbered 15/100 by Motherwell. There are 20 artist proofs, number...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Glass Garden
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Seaside Studio
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 abstraction and...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Primal Sign V (Copper)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this scarce color aquatint on Arches Cover. Initialed and numbered 15/28 in pencil by Motherwell. Printed by Catherine Mosley at the artist's ...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Aquatint
America-La France Variations VII (large hand signed lithograph)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Aventura, FL
America-La France Variations VII (B. 303; E. & Ba. 335).
Lithograph on white Arches cover paper in 11 colors with black German etching paper, blue TGL handmade paper with multicolor...
Category
1980s Pop Art Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024No, Robert Motherwell was not a Surrealist painter. The American artist was the youngest member of the New York School, a group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in the 1950s and '60s. However, Motherwell did meet a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists while attending Columbia University to study art history in the 1940s. This encounter proved influential in his style. Inspired by their work, 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. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Robert Motherwell art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Robert Motherwell was a part of the art movement called Abstract Expressionism. Artists who participated in the movement sought to express emotions through abstract forms. You'll find a range of Robert Motherwell art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- How did Motherwell paint?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Robert 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.