Mother Nature, Mabou

1984

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This abstract composition contains rectangular panels displaying fragmented shapes and text. The top left panel reads "I HATE YOU" in bold, irregular letters against a textured background. On the top right, a hand holds a sign with "I LOVE YOU," written in an uneven font. The bottom left shows a figure against a frosted surface and a small model shark on a jar. The bottom right features the word "NATURE" in dripping text, connected to "MOTHER NATURE" below. The arrangement implies connections to window panes, landscapes, and contrasts messages of love and hate with natural imagery.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

PaceWildensteinMacGill, New York, NY; purchased with donated funds by NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1989

  • Frank, Robert. The Lines of My Hand. New York, 1989: pl. 93.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Robert Frank; lower right in black ink: Mabou 1984 December; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 2311 / LOMH 93 / RF 294

Wikidata ID

Q64164042

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