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Black Rumble

1985

Robert Motherwell

Associated Names

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Publisher

Tyler Graphics Ltd.

Printer

Roger Campbell

Printer, British, born 1944

Lee Funderburg

Printer, American, born 1953

The image consists of a central mass of broad, swirling black strokes surrounded by two curving red lines. The black strokes create an undefined shape, while the red lines frame the composition. A thin black line at the bottom is interrupted by small patches of color.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner
Dimensions

image: 81 × 63 cm (31 7/8 × 24 13/16 in.)
sheet: 96.7 × 74 cm (38 1/16 × 29 1/8 in.)
Accession Number

2022.35.44
Catalogue Raisonné

Dedalus Foundation online raisonné, no. CR 356

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner

Associated Names

Turtell, Neal, Mr.

Inscriptions

Robert Motherwell/9/65/Tyler Graphics chop mark [signed, lower left in graphite]/.

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