Untitled

1971

Robert Motherwell

Associated Names
Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Chris Prater

Printer, British, 20th century

Kelpra Studio

Printer

Marlborough Graphics

Publisher

The image displays a large black shape with splashes and speckles. The background is divided into three sections: a green stripe at the top, textured orange in the center, and a yellow band at the bottom. Within the black shape, there are white areas resembling ink splatters.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on J.B. Green paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Powell III

  • Dimensions

    plate: 57.15 x 44.45 cm (22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
    plate: 71.76 x 56.2 cm (28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 100.01 x 69.53 cm (39 3/8 x 27 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.139.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 83

  • Series Title

    The Basque Suite

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York; Earl and Nancy Powell, Washington, D.C., 1971; acquired 2009 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. 54.

2003

  • Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 112, no. 83.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: RM 5/150; lower left in screen: Motherwell

Markings

embossed lower right: Robert Motherwell; stamped lower right verso in black ink: K / 7730

Wikidata ID

Q76552458

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