Lot 268
  • 268

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Gauloises with Scarlet No. 1
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 72; signed, dated 19 June 1972 and numbered #1 on the reverse
  • acrylic and printed paper collage on canvas board
  • 20 by 16 in. 50.8 by 40.6 cm.

Provenance

Private collects ion, New York
Sotheby's, New York, November 13, 2003, Lot 188
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, Seeing Red, Part I: Pioneers of Non-Objective Painting, March - April 2003

Literature

H. H. Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1977, no. 230, p. 172,  illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is matte staining along the extreme edges, which is mostly covered when framed. Otherwise, there are no condition problems with this work. Framed under glass.
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