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Untitled [related to Basque Suite]

early 1970s

Robert Motherwell

Associated Names

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

The image shows a bold black shape arcing diagonally across the canvas above a green field. A small white irregular shape with red accents is enclosed in the green area. Thin black lines extend horizontally towards the top of the composition.

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Artwork overview

Medium

gouache and ink over lithograph and silkscreen on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of David and Renee McKee
Dimensions

overall: 56.3 x 43.6 cm (22 3/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Accession Number

2001.140.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Renee McKee, New York; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

David McKee Gallery

Exhibition History

2004

Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Inscriptions

upper left in black ball-point pen: Motherwell

Wikidata ID

Q64629020

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