Lot 269
  • 269

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Study in Watercolor No. 3
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 68
  • acrylic, watercolor and graphite on paper
  • 30 1/2 by 22 in. 77.5 by 55.9 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, July - August 1998
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, February - April 1999
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Themes & Variations Including the Dedalus Sketchbook, November - December 2002
Los Angeles, Manny Silverman Gallery, Robert Motherwell, October - November 2005

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges are irregular due to the support. There are artist's pin-holes in the top corners. Framed under glass. Not examined out of the frame.
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