Robert Motherwell

American, 1915 - 1991

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Robert Motherwell, Redness of Red, 1985, color lithograph, screenprint, and collage on wove paper, Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation, 2008.115.227

Redness of Red

Robert Motherwell · 1985 · color lithograph, screenprint, and collage on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2008.115.227

Lee Funderburg, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Roger Campbell, Black Rumble, 1985, lithograph, Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, 2022.35.44

Black Rumble

Lee Funderburg, Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Roger Campbell · 1985 · lithograph ·  Accession ID  2022.35.44

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El Negro

Robert Motherwell, Rafael Alberti, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Roger Campbell, Lee Funderburg, Kenneth Tyler · 1983 · illustrated book with 19 lithographs ·  Accession ID  2022.35.43

Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Roger Campbell, Lee Funderburg, Black with No Way Out, 1983, lithograph on handmade paper, Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, 2022.35.42

Black with No Way Out

Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Roger Campbell, Lee Funderburg · 1983 · lithograph on handmade paper ·  Accession ID  2022.35.42

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Bouquet for Marina

Robert Motherwell · 1981 · collage ·  Accession ID  1993.66.3

Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Lee Funderburg, Easter Day 1979, 1980, lithograph on wove paper, Gift of Neal T. Turtell and Thomas G. Klarner, 2022.35.41

Easter Day 1979

Robert Motherwell, Tyler Graphics Ltd., Tyler Graphics Ltd., Lee Funderburg · 1980 · lithograph on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2022.35.41

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Altamira Elegy

Robert Motherwell, Maurice Sánchez, Brooks Arnold, Skira/Rizzoli · 1980 · lithograph in white and black on Arches wove paper ·  Accession ID  1981.61.2

Robert Motherwell, Catherine Mousley, Abrams Original Editions, Red Sea II, 1979, liftground etching and aquatint in red and black on German Etching wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, 1990.106.17

Red Sea II

Robert Motherwell, Catherine Mousley, Abrams Original Editions · 1979 · liftground etching and aquatint in red and black on German Etching wove paper ·  Accession ID  1990.106.17

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Untitled

Robert Motherwell, Robert Bigelow, Brooke Alexander, Inc. · 1978 · color lithograph with Kitakata chine collé on J. B. Green wove paper ·  Accession ID  2013.150.4

Two black, abstract shapes against a white background dominate this wide, horizontal painting. One column-like, black shape is to our left, about a quarter of the way in from the left edge of the canvas. The bottom edge of the black form is jagged and an irregular bump protrudes at the center of the right side of that shape. The other black form fills most of the right half of the composition. That shape is made of two forms resembling very fat Ps with spines that curve around the protruding bumps, to our right. There are small spatters and dribbles of black paint around some of the shapes that only could have been made by striking the canvas with some force. The white background is outlined near the inner edges of the canvas, creating a subtle frame that contains the massive black shapes. Vertical lines, most of them smudged or faint, create vertical sections across the composition. A blurred, steel-blue line appears in the left most column. Thin washes of smoky blue and rose pink spread in areas across the composition. The artist signed and dated the painting in the lower right, “R. Motherwell 1978.”
Robert Motherwell, Reconciliation Elegy, 1978, acrylic on canvas, Gift of the Collectors Committee, 1978.20.1

Reconciliation Elegy

Robert Motherwell · 1978 · acrylic on canvas ·  Accession ID  1978.20.1