Lot 286
  • 286

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Goya's Dog II
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated '85; signed, titled and dated Dec. 1985-88 on the reverse

  • collage and acrylic on canvasboard
  • 35 by 35 1/4 in. 88.9 by 89.5 cm.

Provenance

Knoedler & Company, New York
Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Edward Anixter, Chicago
Gift to the present owner from the Estate of the above

Exhibited

New York, Knoedler & Company, Robert Motherwell: New Work, April - May 1986
New York, Knoedler & Company, Robert Motherwell: New Work, April - May 1989, illustrated on cover

Literature

Exh. Cat., Milan, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Robert Motherwell, 1989, p. 21, illustrated in color
Jack Flam, Motherwell, New York, 1991, no. 138, n.p., illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light handling and wear. There are scattered minute white spot accretions in the bottom right quadrant. There is a fine 1 3/4 in. white horizontal linear accretion located 5 in. from the bottom edge and 14 in. from the right edge. There is no evidence of restoration under ultraviolet light. Framed.
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