Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
Robert Motherwell
Je t'aime VII
Auction Closed
November 17, 10:15 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
Je t'aime VII
signed with the initials RM and dated 56 (lower left); signed R. Motherwell, titled and dated 1956 (on the reverse)
oil, charcoal and graphite on canvas
36 by 48 in.
91.4 by 121.9 cm.
Executed in 1956-1987.
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Acquired from the above in December 1987 by the present owner
Acquired from the above in December 1987 by the present owner
Vivien Raynor, "Artists Champion Other Artists," The New York Times, 30 January 1983, sec. 23, p. 18
Gabrielle Drudi, Note Romane a Robert Motherwell, Milan, 1984, p. 106, illustrated (in earlier state)
Gabrielle Drudi, Robert Motherwell. Notes Romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 112, illustrated (in earlier state)
Marcelin Pleynet, Robert Motherwell, Paris, 1989, p. 94, illustrated in color
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell, Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991: Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, no. P160, pp. 98-99, illustrated in color
Gabrielle Drudi, Note Romane a Robert Motherwell, Milan, 1984, p. 106, illustrated (in earlier state)
Gabrielle Drudi, Robert Motherwell. Notes Romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 112, illustrated (in earlier state)
Marcelin Pleynet, Robert Motherwell, Paris, 1989, p. 94, illustrated in color
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell, Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991: Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, no. P160, pp. 98-99, illustrated in color
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut Painters 7 + 7 + 7, 1983, no. 24 (in earlier state)
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Seattle Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Motherwell, 1983-1985, no. 25, p. 69, illustrated in color (in earlier state)
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Seattle Art Museum; Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Robert Motherwell, 1983-1985, no. 25, p. 69, illustrated in color (in earlier state)