Lot 339
  • 339

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Drunk with Turpentine No. 46
  • signed and dated 1979
  • oil on paperboard
  • 20 by 16 in.
  • 50.8 by 40.6 cm.

Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., Inc, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, November 11, 1986, lot 196
Estate of Richard Himmel
Christie's, New York, September 26, 2002, lot 706
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Houston, Janie C. Lee Gallery, Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Retrospective, 1941 to the Present, Nov. 1979-Dec. 1979

Literature

Drudi, Gabriella, Robert Motherwell Notes Romaines, Paris, Editions de la Difference, 1988, illustrated page 68

Condition

Not examined out of frame; whole sheet visible. In good condition aside from overall fading. Lower left corner slightly bumped.
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