Robert MOTHERWELL
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| Hermitage 1975 Lithograph from one stone and two photo aluminum plates printed in (1) red (stone), (2) red, and (3) ochre; silkscreen printed in red, tan and black Plate: 40.5 x 28.8 inches Sheet: 46.8 x 31.8 inches Edition of 200 ©1975 Robert Motherwell |
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Born in 1915, Robert Motherwell studied art and philosophy in Los Angeles and San Francisco before entering Harvard University and later Columbia University, New York. There he met several Surrealist artists with whom he exchanged artistic and philosophical theories. Motherwell was particularly interested in the ideas of automatic writing, the subconscious, and the use of collage. Through his frequent experimentation with collage he became a recognized master in this modernist medium. Incorporating many of the ideas set forth in his paintings, drawings, and collages, his prints and illustrated books form an extraordinary compendium of a career spent investigating the modernist tradition and the power of abstraction.
When Motherwell's long and prolific career ended with his death in 1991, he was a celebrated Abstract Expressionist painter and central figure in postwar American art. A renowned and innovative printmaker, Motherwell produced more than 500 editions in an extensive variety of media.
Motherwell's work is part of many public collections including the Fundación
Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy;
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles, California; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
New York; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas; Museo Guggenheim
de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain; Museum für Gegenwartskunst,
Basel, Switzerland; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Museum of Modern
Art, New York, New York; and the Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany.
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| London Series I: Untitled Black 1971 Screenprint on J.B. Green mould-made Double Elephant paper 41 x 28.25 inches Edition of 150 Published by Marlborough Graphics ©1971 Robert Motherwell |
London Series I: Untitled Blue 1971 Screenprint on J.B. Green mould-made Double Elephant paper 41 x 28.25 inches Edition of 150 Published by Marlborough Graphics ©1971 Robert Motherwell |
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The Basque Suite: Untitled (black and blue square) 1971 Screenprint on J.B. Green paper Sheet: 41 x 28.25 inches Edition of 150 Published by Marlborough Graphics ©1971 Robert Motherwell |