Soot-Black Stone, #6

started 1973, published 1975

Robert Motherwell

Artist, American, 1915 - 1991

James Webb

Printer, American, active late 20th century

Daniel Freeman

Printer, American, born 1868

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 30.5 cm (29 15/16 x 12 in.)
    sheet: 91.2 x 46.1 cm (35 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1985.47.132

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Engberg/Banach 2003, no. 167

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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 Los Angeles, California: Gemini G.E.L., unpublished, no. 601.

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. 118.

2003

  • Engberg, Siri, and Joan Banach. Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints 1940-1991, Catalogue Raisonné. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center, 2003, p. 164, no. 167.

2011

  • Ritchie, Charles. Gemini G.E.L. Online Catalogue Raisonné. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2011, no. 34.19. http://www.nga.gov/gemini

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Motherwell 32/50; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 1973 / RM73-545

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

Q74068507


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