Soot-Black Stone, #5

started 1973, published 1975

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

Serge Lozingot

Printer, French, born 1935

Jeffrey Balsmeyer

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Gemini G.E.L.

Publisher

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on Georges Duchêne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin B. Smith

  • Dimensions

    image: 76 x 45.6 cm (29 15/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 89.4 x 60.5 cm (35 3/16 x 23 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.47.131

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 166

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin B. Smith, Beverly Hills, California; acquired 1985 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1966

  • Gemini G.E.L. Sequence List. Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 600.

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. 117.

2003

  • Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 163, no. 166.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 34.18. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

upper right in plate (reversed): RM 73; lower right in graphite: Motherwell / 32/53; lower left verso in graphite: 1973 / RM73-535

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

Q74068451

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