Gesture Paper Painting #2
1975
Robert Motherwell
Artist, American, 1915 - 1991
Artwork overview
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Medium
acrylic, gouache, and crayon on handmade paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William H. G. FitzGerald, Desmond FitzGerald, and B. Francis Saul II)
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Dimensions
sheet: 47.63 × 61.6 cm (18 3/4 × 24 1/4 in.)
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Accession Number
2015.19.2747
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(M. Knoedler & Co., New York); The Honorable William H.G. FitzGerald, Mr. Desmond FitzGerald, and Mr. B. Francis Saul II, c/o The New York Studio School; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1978; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1982
Acquisitions Since 1975, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982-1983
1983
American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983
1986
American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 109-111, no. 69, repro
Bibliography
1983
Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 213, no. 1430.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Motherwell 75
Watermarks
[undeciphered]
Wikidata ID
Q64629023