Soot-Black Stone, #1

started 1973, published 1975

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Serge Lozingot

Printer, French, born 1935

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Robert Motherwell

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Georges Duchêne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 96.5 x 45.7 cm (38 x 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1984.34.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 162

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1981 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1984

  • Gemini G.E.L.: Art and Collaboration, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, Washington; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan; Yonago City Museum, Japan; Machida City Museum of Graphics Art, Japan, 1984-1989, no. 28.

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 596.

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. 113.

2003

  • Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 161, no. 162.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 34.14. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Motherwell 32/50; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1973 / RM73-526

Markings

embossed lower right: [Gemini G.E.L.] / © / Robert / Motherwell; stamped lower left verso in gray ink: Gemini G.E.L. / Los Angeles, Calif.

Watermarks

RM

Wikidata ID

Q74046325

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