Lot 149
  • 149

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Lyric Suite
  • signed with the artist's initials
  • ink on rice paper
  • 27.9 by 22.9 cm. 11 by 9 in.
  • Executed in 1965.

Provenance

Dedalus Foundation, New York
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Saint Louis, Washington University, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Chance Aesthetics, September 2009 – January 2010, p. 157, illustrated
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, October –November 2011, p. 40, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the dark blue is slightly richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged to the backing sheet along the upper edge and undulates slightly. Extremely close inspection reveals a small number of tiny spots of discolouration in isolated places, which is in keeping with the natural ageing process of the paper.
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