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  • Robert Motherwell

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    Robert Motherwell was an American artist and seminal Abstract Expressionist painter. Influenced by automatic writing and drawing prescribed by the Surrealists, Motherwell’s practice was characterized by an intuitive approach to painting. He is perhaps best known for his iconic Elegy to the Spanish Republic series, which consists of 150 variants of black forms on white backgrounds. “Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought,” he once reflected. “Thus painting, like music, tends to become its own content.” Born on January 24, 1915 in Aberdeen, WA, he moved to New York to study at Columbia University with the art historian Meyer Schapiro. It was notably Schapiro that initially encouraged Motherwell to start making paintings. During the early 1940s, he entered a milieu of young artists that included William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning. Motherwell later taught Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg at the famed Black Mountain College. Returning to New York, he met the painter Helen Frankenthaler in 1957, whom he married three years later. During their 13 year marriage, the two artists’ mutual interest in the poetry of abstraction fueled one another’s work. The artist died on July 16, 1991 in Cape Cod, MA. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Tate Modern in London, among others. Listings wanted. Check out our new sister site Bluechipartbrokerage.com

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Beau Geste VII 1989 HS Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell NEW

Robert Motherwell

Beau Geste VII 1989 HS

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 35

Size: 22x15 in  | 56x38 cm
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Untitled (Open) 1975 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Open) 1975

Limited Edition Print: Aquatint and Etching on Arches Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 96

Size: 30x22 in  | 76x56 cm
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Summer Light Series: Harvest, with Blue Shadow 1973 w Collage Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Summer Light Series: Harvest, with Blue Shadow 1973 w Collage

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph w/ Collage, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 50

Size: 38x19 in  | 95x48 cm
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Africa Suite: Africa 2 1970 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Africa Suite: Africa 2 1970

Limited Edition Print: Screenprint, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150

Size: 41x28 in  | 104x71 cm
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Octavio Paz Suite: Red Samurai AP 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Octavio Paz Suite: Red Samurai AP 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph and Linoleum Cut in Colors With Chine Appliqué on Handmade Japanese, Hand Signed, From the AP Edition of 10

Size: 26x21 in  | 65x54 cm
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Phoenician Etching 1977 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Phoenician Etching 1977

Limited Edition Print: Sugar Lift Aquatint, Hand Signed, From the edition of 40

Size: 14x16 in  | 36x40 cm
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Untitled (Three Poems III) 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Three Poems III) 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the Edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
Limited Edition Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper $1,500
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Untitled (Three Poems II) 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Three Poems II) 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the Edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
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Untitled (Three Poems I) 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Three Poems I) 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the Edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
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Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
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Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph  1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the edition of 750

Size: 18x11 in  | 46x27 cm
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Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph  1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
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Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Three Poems: Untitled Lithograph 1987

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Handmade Japanese Paper, Not Signed, From the edition of 750

Size: 14x11 in  | 34x27 cm
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Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival 1991 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart Festival 1991

Limited Edition Print: Unsigned And Unnumbered Edition of 800, Not Signed, Not Numbered -From edition of 800

Size: 40x29 in  | 102x74 cm
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From Africa Suite #5 1980 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

From Africa Suite #5 1980

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150

Size: 32x20 in  | 81x51 cm
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Untitled (Beside the Sea, From New York International Portfolio) 1966 - Early Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Beside the Sea, From New York International Portfolio) 1966 - Early

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Arches Paper; Printer: Irwin Hollander, Hollander Workshop, NY, Hand Signed, From the edition of 225

Size: 22x17 in  | 56x43 cm
Early Framed 1966 Lithograph - A Steal
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Mexico City Personages I: Octavio Paz Suite AP 1988 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Mexico City Personages I: Octavio Paz Suite AP 1988

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph and Chine Appliqué, Hand Signed, Artist Proof

Size: 21x31 in  | 53x79 cm
Framed Limited Edition Artist Proof Lithograph - Blue Chip $2,995
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Harvest With Blue Bottom (Summer Light Series) 1973 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Harvest With Blue Bottom (Summer Light Series) 1973

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph With Collage, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 55

Size: 36x18 in  | 91x46 cm
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Mostly Mozart Festival 1991 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Mostly Mozart Festival 1991

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph and Screenprint, Not Signed, From the Limited edition

Size: 39x29 in  | 99x74 cm
🔥1991 Limited Edition Screenprint - 10 Watchers - 10 Watchers
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Spoleto Festival, Italy 1968 HS Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Spoleto Festival, Italy 1968 HS

Limited Edition Print: Screenprint on American Etching Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150

Size: 39x27 in  | 99x69 cm
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Black Mountain (State I) 1980 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Black Mountain (State I) 1980

Limited Edition Print: Belknap # 266 Lift-Ground Etching And Aquatint From One Copper Printed in Black, Hand Signed, Printer's Proof

Size: 24x31 in  | 62x79 cm
🔥Framed Mixed Media - 10 Watchers - Blue Chip - Inquire
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Roots of Abstract Art in America 1965 HS Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Roots of Abstract Art in America 1965 HS

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Rives Bfk Paper, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 100

Size: 22x17 in  | 56x43 cm
🔥Framed Limited Edition Lithograph - Blue Chip Steal - 11 Watchers
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Peace Portfolio I: Untitled 1970 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Peace Portfolio I: Untitled 1970

Limited Edition Print: Screenprint, Hand Signed, Upon Request

Size: 26x21 in  | 66x53 cm
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Tricolor 1973 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Tricolor 1973

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph on Arches Cover Paper with Deckled Edge, Hand Signed, From the edition of 125

Size: 22x14 in  | 56x36 cm
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Peace 1972 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Peace 1972

Limited Edition Print: Silkscreen, Hand Signed, From the Edition of 175

Size: 26x21 in  | 66x53 cm
Hand Signed Silkscreen - Blue Chip $3,995
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Wanderers AP 1985 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Wanderers AP 1985

Limited Edition Print: Aquatint, Lift Ground Etching And Aquatint on Whatman Paper, Hand Signed, Upon Request

Size: 23x27 in  | 59x69 cm
🔥Framed Artist Proof - Inquire - Blue Chip - 5 Watchers
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Untitled (1965 Paris Review) 1965 HS - France Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Untitled (1965 Paris Review) 1965 HS - France

Limited Edition Print: Screenprint on Beckett Cartridge Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 150

Size: 30x22 in  | 76x56 cm
Framed Limited Edition Screenprint $4,500
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Espana II (Spanish Elegy Fragment) 1983 HS Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Espana II (Spanish Elegy Fragment) 1983 HS

Limited Edition Print: Aquatint And Lift-Ground Etching on Moulin Du Gue Rives De Lin Paper, Hand Signed, From the edition of 40

Size: 8x6 in  | 20x15 cm
🔥Framed Limited Edition Aquatint - Blue Chip - 6 Watchers
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Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary Poster 1991 Limited Edition Print - Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell

Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary Poster 1991

Limited Edition Print: Lithograph And Screenprint on Coventry, Not Signed, From the Edition of 800

Size: 40x29 in  | 102x74 cm
🔥Huge Lithograph and Screenprint on Coventry
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