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Untitled

1964

Robert Motherwell

Associated Names

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Ives-Sillman

Printer, 1966 - 1992

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

Publisher

The image displays a jagged, irregular white shape on a mustard-yellow background. A bold black circle is slightly off-center on the white shape, with the white shape narrowing and extending downward with uneven edges. There are scattered black lines and splatters at the lower right of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

screenprint in black and tan with collage on Mohawk Superfine wove paper
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
Dimensions

image: 55.8 × 40.5 cm (21 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
sheet: 61 × 50.8 cm (24 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.297.4
Catalogue Raisonné

Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 16
Portfolio Title

X + X

Numerous geometric shapes and lines converge to create a composition. A yellow crosshatched background serves as the backdrop. A central design features a large circular arrangement with smaller crosses and circles. On either side are large arrow shapes pointing up and down. Above and below the circle are horizontally aligned circles and plus signs, resembling buttons on a control panel. The shapes and background suggest a complex schematic with familiar symbols presented in an abstract way. — Untitled

George Ortman, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image displays a series of horizontal lines of text, each listing a name in bold, capital letters, spaced evenly down a plain background. — X + X

Various Artists, George Ortman, Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, Stuart Davis, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Poons, Robert Indiana, Ad Reinhardt, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

The image shows a series of vertical and diagonal parallel lines in blue and yellow, forming an abstract pattern that splits a rectangle diagonally into two sections. The left half is made up of alternating blue and yellow vertical stripes, resembling a modern barcode. The right half consists of blue and yellow horizontal stripes tapering into a triangular corner, resembling a folded fan. This abstract composition combines simple geometric shapes with familiar patterns. — Untitled (Rabat)

Frank Stella, Ives-Sillman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

1964

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, Connecticut; acquired 2008 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

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. 5.

2003

Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 72, no. 16.

Markings

embossed lower right: [Ives-Sillman]

Wikidata ID

Q76440523

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