Lot 181
  • 181

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Calligraphic Presence
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 77
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 30 by 20 in.
  • 76.2 by 50.8 cm.

Provenance

André Emmerich Gallery, Zurich
Private Collection, Zurich

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie André Emmerich, American Painting, July - August 1978

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is scattered surface soiling. There is craquelure at the turning edges. The canvas is not lined. There is no inpainting visible under ultraviolet light. Framed.
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