- 20
Robert Motherwell
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
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Description
- Robert Motherwell
- XX
- signed and dated 1985
- printed paper, acrylic and paper collage on canvas mounted on board
- 39 5/8 by 29 3/4 in. 100.6 by 75.6 cm.
Provenance
Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
Julio Guiu, Spain (acquired from the above circa 1985)
Private Collection, Spain (acquired circa 2000)
By descent to the present owner from the above
Julio Guiu, Spain (acquired from the above circa 1985)
Private Collection, Spain (acquired circa 2000)
By descent to the present owner from the above
Exhibited
Barcelona, Galería Joan Prats, Collage, 1985, n.p., illustrated in color (erroneously titled N. 20)
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Pintar con Papel, 1986, p. 41, illustrated in color (erroneously titled N. 20)
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Pintar con Papel, 1986, p. 41, illustrated in color (erroneously titled N. 20)
Literature
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell: Paintings and Collages, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Three, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. C721, p. 333, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is mounted to matte board. The collage elements are well intact. The edges of the canvas are irregularly cut and the edges of the collage elements are irregularly torn, due to the artist's working method. Light wear is evident at the edges and corners of the canvas with very faint hairline cracking in the pigment at the lower right corner of the canvas. There is some minor foxing to the printed sheet music and evidence of a few creases to the collaged sheets. There is a soft undulation to the canvas. Framed under Plexiglas.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
“The fragments of the drawing around the music suggest broken-off melodies and lost wholeness, somewhat in the way that Beethoven exploits a similar interruption of melodic expectation in the Opus 59 Rasumovsky quartets. This expressionistic aspect of Motherwell’s collages is one of his greatest strengths.” - Jack Flam, ed. Robert Motherwell, New York, 1991, p. 18