Untitled

1966 (published 1967)

Robert Motherwell

Associated Names
Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Irwin Hollander

Printer, American, 1927 - 2018

Hollander Graphic Workshop

Publisher

The image shows a composition with thick, sweeping lines and shapes resembling brushstrokes on a solid blue background. The shapes form an angular formation, with a central triangular shape. Other elements in the design evoke the appearance of splashes or drips, creating an energetic feel. The lines and forms suggest an assembly resembling rocks or abstract figures in motion.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in blue on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Collectors Committee

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.15 × 43.66 cm (22 1/2 × 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.137.1.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 56

  • Portfolio Title

    9

Associated Artworks

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The image shows an abstract design with bold lines, curves, and splatters in red, blue, yellow, and black against a white background. The composition conveys movement and energy, resembling paint droplets or liquid splashes.

Untitled

Sam Francis, Irwin Hollander, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1966

The image displays bold, curving shapes forming the outline of a large number "9" in a deep magenta hue set against a dark, textured background.

9

Various Artists, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1967

The image shows a large, bold, black half-oval shape with a rounded left edge and a flat right edge against a white background.

Black Form

Ellsworth Kelly, Irwin Hollander, Hollander Graphic Workshop

1966

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York); acquired 2000 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1980

  • Belknap, Dorothy C., and Stephanie Terenzio. The Painter and the Printer: Robert Motherwell's Graphics, 1943-1980. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1980, no. 27.

2003

  • Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 96, no. 56.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: RM; lower right in graphite: II/XX

Markings

embossed: IH [Irwin Hollander]

Wikidata ID

Q76356325

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