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ROBERT MOTHERWELL BIOGRAPHY
Art Brokerage specializes in the lithographs of artist Robert Motherwell. 1915-1991 - Artist Robert Motherwell is one of the most recognized of the American Abstract Expressionist painters. He moved to Greenwich Village in 1941, abandoning his academic studies to paint full time. Motherwell created his first collages at Jackson Pollock's Studio in Greenwich Village and, along with Pollock and Baziotes was invited to exhibit at the Peggy Guggenheim "Art of This Century" gallery in New York City. In 1961 Robert Motherwell began making limited edition prints of his work. He was the only one of the original abstract expressionists to enthusiastically embrace printmaking. Motherwell worked with numerous print workshops in the United States and Europe. These collaborations between the Motherwell and the printmakers were a source of great satisfaction to the artist. Robert Motherwell synthesized his unique abstract style, and the materials and technical characteristics of printmaking to create over 200 editions over the next 30 years. Robert Motherwell died on July 16, 1991.
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"A la Pintura: Blue 5" 1972
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Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Lift-Ground Etching
Size: 32 x 48 in
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Provenance & Extra Info: Publisher: ULAE. Printer: Donn Steward. Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne #119. From Robert Motherwell’s unqualified masterpiece “A la Pintura”. The full sheet of the print entitled “Blue 5” signed by Motherwell in back ink (see photo). One of only eight extremely rare artists’ proofs signed in Motherwell’s hand “RM Trial 1972-1979” as referenced in the Sparks ULAE Catalogue Raisonne as MOTHERWELL # 24. It is unusual to find the individual color plates signed by Motherwell himself. In the final book edition of 40 copies only the colophon page is signed -- not the individual prints themselves. The “A la Pintura” project of 21 original intaglio prints was nearly four years in the making and was created to illuminate the text of a poem by Rafael Alberti. John McKendry, print curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art believes ”Motherwell has concentrated so much of his creativity into these pages that if all his paintings and other works were to be destroyed, if only this book were to survive, Motherwell would still be seen as a major artist of the twentieth century.” This print is the only print in the book whose format is a perfect square. It is Motherwell’s meditation on the color blue. It is also unusual because an entire page is devoted to only one verse of the poem. The text reads as follows: “Wings seize our brushes when we dip them in indigo.” Much has been written about these book pages and they have been widely reproduced but they must be seen “in person” to experience the full impact of their intense color and beauty.
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"America la France Variations VI" 1984
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph with Collage
Size: 46 x 31.5 in
Edition #: Edition of 60
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Hand Signed: Signed, inscribed and stamped
Asking Price: $8,200 USD
"America, La France Variation" 1983
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph and Collage
Size: 46 x 31.5 in
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Framed with Plexiglass: Natural frame
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"Art 1981 Chicago" 1981
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph from Four Aluminum Plates
Size: 34 x 25 in
Edition #: 65/150
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Provenance & Extra Info: The edition is 150 plus 25 Ap's in roman numerals. The total is 175 prints of this work.
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"Basque Suite #51, Black, Green, and Orange" 1971
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Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
Size: 28.25 x 41 in
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Framed with Plexiglass: Black shadow box
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Asking Price: $6,300 USD
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Asking Price: $6,900 USD
"Beau Geste Suite" 1989
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Limited Edition Print
Suite of 6 Lithographs on Paper
Size: 22 x 15 in
Edition #: 49/100
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Hand Signed: Signed and stamped
Provenance & Extra Info: Stored in original portfolio box, see photos.
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Asking Price: $15,000 USD
Edition #: 200
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Provenance & Extra Info: One of the earliest prints ever made by Motherwell.
Asking Price: $6,000 USD
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited in the MOTHERWELL/BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne 231. Lift-ground etching and aquatint on J.B.Green paper. Printed by Catherine Mosley in the artist’s studio. Despite his ofttimes explosive use of color, Motherwell’s primary protagonists remained black and white throughout his career. In the vast majority of his prints, white does battle with black in a face-off of life against death, light against darkness. Nowhere is this more apparent than in “Dance II” Motherwell’s minimalist meditation on among other things Matisse’s classic painting “Dance”. Motherwell himself commented on this particular print calling it “full of ambiguities, mountains, massive blacks against pure white paper, rhythms of my arm-mind, immediacy yet not intimate.” This is the largest, simplest and most impressive print in the three print
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Asking Price: $4,000 USD
"Game of Chance" 1987
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Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Lithograph with Collage
Size: 23 x 16 in
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Provenance & Extra Info: Published by Tyler Graphics
Asking Price: $15,000 USD
Edition #: 88/98
Certificate of Authenticity: Auction House receipt
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Provenance & Extra Info: "Gypsy Curse" is the crown jewel of the "El Negro" suite. The suite consists of seven Robert Motherwell images from the book edition of "El Negro" by poet Rafael Alberti that were selected by Motherwell to be printed as separate editions by master printer Ken Tyler. Many consider the "El Negro" suite to be the crowning achievement of Motherwell's print collaborations with Tyler. "Gypsy Curse" is the only red print in this suite and is considered by many to be the most desirable in the suite. This print is part of the pencil signed and numbered edition. It is number 88 of 98. It is a lithograph on hand made white paper with the litho on chine appliqué red Moriki handmade paper with a beautiful deckled edge. It is extremely rare to be able to purchase this particular print alone outside of the suite. This print has been completely sold out for many years and has been rapidly appreciating in price. A rare find for the discerning collector!
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Asking Price: $9,900 USD
"Harvest, with Blue Bottom" 1973
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph with collage
Size: 36 x 18 in
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Framed with Plexiglass: Silver frame
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"Harvest, with Blue shadow" 1973
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph and Collage
Size: 36 x 18 in
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Framed with Plexiglass: silver
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"London Series I: Untitled (RED "OPEN")" 1971
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Very Special Print
Limited Edition Print
Screenprint on Double Elephant Paper
Size: 41.02 x 28 in
Edition #: Artist's Proof
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Provenance & Extra Info: Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne # 90. Publisher: Marlborough Graphics Inc., New York. Printed by Chris Prater, Kelpra Studio, London. The London Series marked Motherwell’s largest print work to date. This series of prints is even slightly larger than the Africa Suite prints of 1970. The London Series I is a continued exploration by Motherwell of his rectangular “Open” theme but this time in a vertical format. White lines are etched and suspended from the top of the page on a field of pure solid color. Perhaps the most important thing to note about this particular print is that it is the first major “red” print of Motherwell’s oeuvre. It is also a very special historically significant presentation proof inscribed in pencil bottom left in Motherwell’s hand “To Arthur and Elaine Cohen”. The Cohens were personal friends of Motherwell. Arthur Cohen was the publisher of Meridian Books and Elaine Cohen was a pioneering modernist in the field of graphic design. In 1973 they founded the gallery and bookshop Ex Libris which specialized in the works of the European avant-garde. LONDON SERIES I: Untitled (Red) is in excellent condition which is rare because the Motherwell screenprints are often very susceptible to scuffing and handling marks because of their large size.
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"Mostly Mozart Festival" 1991
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph and Screenprint
Size: 39 x 29 in
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited in the MOTHERWELL/BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne #526 An unsigned impression from the second commercial run of 1500. Publisher: Robert Motherwell. Printers: Bob Blanton (screenprinting) and Bruce Porter (lithography). Lithograph and screen print on Coventry paper. Original print designed to announce the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center in 1991. Only 25 impressions were actually signed and these were given as gifts to Lincoln Center patrons who donated over one million dollars to the program. The image itself is based on “M”, a collage from 1991. This is considered by many to be Motherwell’s last “great print” and was completed only a very short while before the artist’s death. In it he explores for the last time his signature image of the letter “M” which here symbolizes the artist himself as well as the master composer Mozart and explores Motherwell’s lifetime passion for music itself.
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Framed with Plexiglass: Solid black painted ash frame
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited in the MOTHERWELL BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raissonne 243. Produced to benefit the Newport Opera Festival. This print celebrates Motherwell's love of the sea and of sailing. It features simple sleek abstract forms resembling sails and is an excellent example of Robert Motherwell's signature color Motherwell Blue (the same shade found on the Galois cigarette packs that so often found their way into his collage work). The deluxe edition consists of 200 unnumbered impressions of which approximately 50 were signed in red pen. This print is one of the 50 that is hand signed. It is conservation framed with plexi and museum quality 8 ply acid free mat board. The print is boldly hand signed “to Newport RM” in the bottom right hand corner in red ballpoint pen. It is very legible (see scan) but the red ink has slightly faded with time (as is usual in this edition). The image itself is fresh and bright. It is also signed in the plate in black in the upper right hand corner “RM July 1977” (see scan).In the bottom left hard corner in very small black type is: “Robert Motherwell, America Cup II, 1977 collage and acrylic on canvasboard, private collection.” This print is an offset litho on Rives BFK paper of this original collage work. ( An unsigned edition of 750 posters on Dulcet paper was also produced, containing the text
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"Paris Review" 1991
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Size: 19.875 x 22.5 in
Framed Size: 24.5 x 27.5 in
Edition #: 13/100
Certificate of Authenticity: Art Brokerage
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Hand Signed: Hand signed and number in pencil
Provenance & Extra Info: Created for The Paris Review print series to benefit the literary magazine.
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited in the MOTHERWELL/BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne # 68. Publisher: The Academic and Professional Action Committee for a Responsible Congress, New York. The letter “P” has always held a special place of significance in the print work of Robert Motherwell. His very first prints at ULAE in 1962 were both variants on the letter “P” and were called “Poet I” and “Poet II”. Motherwell’s strong feelings for the printed word in general and poetry in specific are well documented. He felt the poet “painted” with words and the painter “rhymed’ with images. In 1970 Motherwell returned to the “P” motif but in an entirely different context. At this time the country was bogged down in Vietnam and Motherwell was asked to contribute an image to the anti-war movement. He chose to work within the system and pursue the cause of peace through political action. He donated a print to the lobbying efforts of the Academic and Professional Action Committee for a Responsible Congress to be sold as a fund raiser. The proceeds were distributed to candidates in the 1970 elections committed to ending the war. To many people today the image he contributed appears to be little more than a simple brushstroke but it is much more –- it is a profound anti-war statement with a simplicity that only Robert Motherwell could accomplish. Here the rounded portion of the “P” has been totally blown away and the letter has “fallen”. Motherwell spent over a day trying to decide where to place the image on the sheet and finally decided to place it at the very top of the paper –- to stress the ethereal nature of peace in 1970 and the ethereal wounded nature of peace even in our own time.
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"Phoenician Etching" 1977
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Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Etching on Paper
Size: 24 x 18 in
Edition #: Artists Proof
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited in the MOTHERWELL/BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne #300
Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right. Numbered #10 of 10 of the artist’s proofs
(plus a signed & numbered edition of 40). Rare and unusual "oversized" 23 1/2 x 18 in. impression – far less than 10 prints are known to exist in this format which were all reserved for and preferred by the artist himself. Aquatint and lift-ground etching on Moulin du Gue Rives de Lin paper. The drawing inside the “open” window is two letters from the Phoenician alphabet. Motherwell was particularly fond of this Phoenician imagery because he felt it consisted of certain universal gestural “signs” that were common to all cultures. He especially liked the reed like quality of the agitated line which he felt animated the color field of this print. The large painting “Phoenician Red Studio” incorporates one of the same Phoenician letters except that here in this pint there are two letters that are reversed emphasizing the nature of the printing process itself.
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"Primal Sign II" 1979
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Limited Edition Print
Lift Ground Etching & Aquatint
Size: 29 x 21 in
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Provenance & Extra Info: Excellent Condition
Asking Price: $3,000 USD
"Red Sea II" 1979
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Very Special lithograph
Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Etching
Size: 23.875 x 20 in
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Framed with Glass: Black frame
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Provenance & Extra Info: Jerald Melberg Gallery
Asking Price: $31,300 USD
"Roots of Abstract Art in America" 1965
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph on Rives BFK
Size: 22 x 17 in
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Provenance & Extra Info: Exhibited as part of the "Robert Motherwell/Beacon" Print Retrospective at LoRiver Gallery in Beacon, NY (home of the new Dia Museum) from October 23-December 6, 2004. This is Robert Motherwell's first print done in collaboration with master printer Irv Hollander at the Hollander Workshop in New York City. It is a classic Motherwell black & white lithograph on Rives BFK paper. In this print Motherwell's primary protagonists black and white do battle in a face off of life against death, light against darkness. The imagery is directed related to the "Beside the Sea" paintings Motherwell was doing at the time. It is CR # 18. It is a limited edition of 100 (with text as issued) signed & numbered by the artist with the Hollander Workshop chop mark. It is a fine example of Motherwell’s earliest print work.
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"Signs on Copper" 1981
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Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Lift-Ground Etching
Size: 26.75 x 31.75 in
Edition #: Edition of 53
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased from Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle.
Asking Price: $14,400 USD
Certificate of Authenticity: Heland Wetterling Gallery
Framed with Glass: Simple frame
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Asking Price: $6,300 USD
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased from Elliot Smith Gallery (St. Louis, MO) from Pace Gallery, NY, NY.
Retail Price: $8,000 USD
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"Summer Light Series" 1973
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph and Collage
Size: 36 x 18 in
Certificate of Authenticity: Art Brokerage
Framed with Plexiglass: Silver frame
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Retail Price: $9,500 USD
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"Three Poems Octavio Paz Suite #355" 1988
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Size: 13.75 x 10.75 in
Edition #: 27/50
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased pre-release from J.J. Brookings Gallery in San Jose, California. Nocturne II, Lithograph from one alumium plate, printed in black, handmade Japanese Ganpi - paper size 25 1/4
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"Three Poems Octavio Paz Suite #367" 1988
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Size: 17.25 x 23.5 in
Edition #: 27/50
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased pre-release from J.J. Brookings Gallery in San Jose California. Mexico City Personages II, Lithograph from one aluminum plate, printed in black, Image Applique Sheet, handmade Japanese Yame - paper size 26 1/4
Asking Price: $7,500 USD
"Three Poems Octavio Paz Suite, Nocturne VI, #359" 1988
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Size: 13.75 x 10.75 in
Edition #: 27/50
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased pre-release from J.J. Brookings Gallery in San Jose California. Nocturne Vi, Lithograph from one aluminum plate, printed in black, handmade Japanese Ganpi - paper size 25 1/4
Asking Price: $6,900 USD
Edition #: TP VIII-69, unique proof
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Hand Signed: Signed in pencil
Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased in 70s from the Current Edition Gallery in Seattle, now closed. This was printed between 1971-1985 , 13 x 19 inches (paper), 5 x 12 inches (plate), an unrecorded unique proof marked “"Trial Proof VIII-69" The plate was probably created in 1971 for "A La Pintura: To The Palette" (1972) and reworked for "The Green Studio" (1985)
Asking Price: $10,000 USD
"Untitled (Blue Gauloises Collage)" 1974
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Limited Edition Print
Lithograph
Size: 24 x 10 in
Framed Size: 30 x 17 in
Edition #: 1/3975
Certificate of Authenticity: Art Brokerage
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Provenance & Extra Info: 1975 Robert Motherwell exhibition lithograph with fold in the middle as issued. Lithograph with collage printed on Rives B.F.K. paper. Total edition 3975 copies; unsigned and unnumbered as issued. Printed by Triton Press. Features a blue Gaulouises cigarette pack and seal collage element. This same stone was first used for the 1974 lithograph "The Stoneness of the Stone" CR 161. No signed and numbered limited edition with the blue Gauloises collage element was ever printed. This print is in perfect condition, the finest impression I have ever seen of it. It is conservation framed with an 8 ply acid-free mat in a silver wood frame. Created as the wrap-around cover for the exhibition catalogue "Robert Motherwell Selected Prints, 1961-1974", Exhibition, March 15 - April 10, 1975, Jack Glenn Gallery, (Orange County, California). Exhibition organized in cooperation with Brooke Alexander, Inc. This print is catalogued in Belnap as Appendix 26.
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Provenance & Extra Info: This print is of great historical significance. It is Motherwell’s first use of the “Open” motif in a print and is also a beautiful example of Motherewll’s signature color -- “Motherwell blue”. It is from the edition of 50 impressions with margins. In this print Motherwell employs a completely flat blue color ground. The expressiveness of the print comes from how the paper takes the ink as well as the conte crayon-like jagged line effect of the U shaped black lines forming the "Open". Motherwell would later contend that these lines were every bit as “gestural” as his “Beside the Sea” prints & paintings. An altogether virtuoso performance in print making.
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"Untitled (Open) 1975" 1975
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Limited Edition Print
Aquatint and Etching on Arches Paper
Size: 30 x 22 in
Edition #: 66/96
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Provenance & Extra Info: Regarded by many as Robert Motherwell’s finest “Open” print. It was selected by Motherwell himself for the back cover of the Belknap 1984 catalogue raisonne (see photo). Exhibition History: MOTHERWELL SELECTED PRINTS, Long Fine Art, New York City. Oct-Nov. 2003. Also MOTHERWELL/BEACON Print Retrospective, Beacon, New York. October 23-December 6, 2004. Literature: Engberg/Banach Catalogue Raisonne # 181. Publisher: Robert Motherwell. Printer: Catherine Mosley. In this print Motherwell achieves his most expressive use of the “open” motif. Not only does it use a beautiful Motherwell blue & beige combination but also his richest and most velvety black. The subject and predominate color in the print is this black which reflects Motherwell’s recent preoccupation with his own death. In 1974 Motherwell had undergone risky heart surgery and in 1975 he felt he had experienced a “creative rebirth”. Also it should be noted here that it is rare to find this print in such exceptionally good condition.
Retail Price: $12,000 USD
Asking Price: $11,900 USD
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Provenance & Extra Info: Purchased at auction. Published by the artist, blindstamp of the artist, CR #367.
Asking Price: $7,500 USD
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