Contemporary Art Day Auction

Contemporary Art Day Auction

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Robert Motherwell

Africa Suite No. 2

Auction Closed

November 17, 06:59 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Robert Motherwell

1915 - 1991

Africa Suite No. 2


signed and dated 70

acrylic and ink on paper

31 by 23 in. 78.7 by 58.4 cm.

framed: 39 1/2 by 31 1/2 in. 100.3 by 80 cm.

Dedalus Foundation, New York
Private Collection
Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2008
Jo Ann Lewis, "Robert Motherwell's Entralling Cacophony," Washington Post, 9 July 1982, sec. D, p. 4, illustrated
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Eds., Robert Motherwell A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume 3: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven 2012, cat. no. W343, p. 540, illustrated in color
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Robert Motherwell: Choix de Peintures et Collages 1941 - 1977, June - September 1977
Storrs, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Robert Motherwell & Black, March - June 1979, cat. no. 53, p. 73, illustrated
Storrs, University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Robert Motherwell and Black, cat. no. 46 and 53, p. 75, illustrated
Santa Monica, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Robert Motherwell, Africa Suite: Ink Drawings and Related Prints, April - May 2006, illustrated in color on the cover