





Robert Motherwell
"Beau Geste VII 1989"
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Limited Edition Print : Lithograph
Size : 22x15 in | 56x38 cm
Framed : 29.5x22.5 in | 75x57 cm
Edition : From the Edition of 35REDUCEDFAVORITEFABULOUSWELL PRICED - Follow this Artist Add to Watchlist Create Similar Listing
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Year1989
Hand SignedUpper Right
Condition Excellent
Framed with PlexiglassWood
Purchased fromPrivate Collector 2018
Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage
LID146145
Robert Motherwell - United States
Robert Motherwell was an American artist and seminal Abstract Expressionist painter. Influenced by automatic writing and drawing prescribed by the Surrealists, Motherwellâs 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. âPainting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought,â he once reflected. âThus painting, like music, tends to become its own content.â 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 artistsâ mutual interest in the poetry of abstraction fueled one anotherâs 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