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
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
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Mixed Media, Color, Lithograph
unknown
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed, unique strike with significant hand coloring in acrylic paint on printed 2 color lithograph on paper by American artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991). Signed in upper left c...
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1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Paper, Ink, Acrylic
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 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
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Color, Etching, Aquatint
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph, Screen
The Basque Suite: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Screen
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Etching, Aquatint
Nocturne V (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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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)
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Composition (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Summer Sign
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Carborundum on Whatman paper
Edition of 38
84.1 x 78.7 cms (33 1/8 x 31 ins)
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color
Nocturne VIII (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Mediterranean Light
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
32 1/2 x 76 in. (82.6 x 193 cm)
Edition of 40
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, 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
Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V
Year: 1987
Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle
Edition: 750
Image Size: 14 x 11 inches
Paper...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Rice Paper, Lithograph
Je t’aime (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Red Wind (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Mexico City (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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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
Green Gauloises
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite and printed paper collage on board
42.6 x 36.8 cms (16 3/4 x 14 1/2 ins)
This is the only collage in which Motherwell used a green package from Gauloises Caporal D...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Mixed Media
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
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Lithograph, 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
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
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Lithograph
Nocturne II (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
$7,996 Sale Price
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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
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Lithograph
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...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
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
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Color, Etching, Aquatint
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
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
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Lithograph
Composition (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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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
Materials
Offset, Lithograph, Graphite, Pencil
Tricolor (from XXe Siecle)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Washington, DC
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...
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1970s Abstract 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
Nocturne VI (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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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
The Basque Suite #4
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Color screenprinton J. B. Green paper, 1970-71. Initialed by the artist and numbered 85/150 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlborough Graph...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen, Color
The Aberdeen Stone
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 America and established New York City as the new center of the art world.
Motherwell was a tremendously gifted communicator and so fell in to being the unofficial spokesman of the New York School; writing, editing a journal, and lecturing on behalf of the movement and the merits of abstraction. While his contribution to the art historical canon as a painter is undisputed, Motherwell's role as a printmaker is equally important. One of the most experimental and courageous printmakers of the 20th century, he was always searching for new techniques to express or expand his ideas and aesthetics.
This lithograph is visually bold. Framed by opaque black bands, and set among a striking blue flat, sits a grey impression. Etched with subtle lines and reminiscent of Motherwell's Open paintings, the central grey rectangle and its surrounding composition come together in a paradigm of Motherwell's oeuvre. His use of grey paper is clever, as the exposed sheet on the left mingles with the applied compositional elements. This combined with the textured application throughout, force the viewer to reckon with which greys are applied, and which are the substrate showing through.
"The Aberdeen Stone" is one of three visually similar "Stone" prints that refer to Motherwell's Scottish heritage, and is a particularly meaningful impression for the artist. Aberdeen is both a town in northeastern Scotland, and the birthplace of Motherwell (b. 1959, Aberdeen, Washington). Motherwell assigned titles to each of the prints that inscribe site references onto the stones used: Celtic, Douglas, and Aberdeen. While visually different, the three works were printed using the same litho stone...
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1970s Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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
Return, from the Three Poems by Octavio Paz
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Return, from the Three Poems by Octavio Paz" is an abstract Post War lithograph on handmade Japanese Gampi by Robert Motherwell in 1986-88. The artwork is 28 1/4 x 10 5/8 inches and...
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20th Century Post-War Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Paris Suite 2 (Summer)
By Robert Motherwell
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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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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
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Etching, Aquatint
Basque Suite #12
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...
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1970s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
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 ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Aquatint
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...
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1990s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching
Burnt Water (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Composition (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...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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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
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Lithograph
$14,000 Sale Price
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Africa 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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
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
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...
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1980s Pop Art Robert Motherwell Art
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Paper, Lithograph
$23,600 Sale Price
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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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph, Screen
Monster
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on speckled gray HMP handmade paper
104.1 x 78.7 cms (41 x 31 ins)
Edition of 26
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
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
Gesture I (State I)
By Robert Motherwell
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
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Paris Suite 1 (Spring)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Paris Suite I (Spring)
1980
Lithograph on J.B. Green handmade paper, Edition of 60
48.9 x 48.9 cms (19 1/4 x 19 1/4 ins)
RM17031
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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
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Mixed Media, Color, Etching, Aquatint
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 autom...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
$7,500 Sale Price
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Three Forms
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...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Baque Suite #7
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...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Samurai II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
144.8 x 62.2 cms (57 x 24.5 ins)
Edition of 49
Lithograph and chine appliqué
Paper:Two joined sheets of natural Nepal handmade paper; natural Sekishu handmade paper
Proofs: 1 archiv...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Lithograph
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- 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.
- 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.