Lot 115
  • 115

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Open Forms (From Joyce Sketchbook)
  • signed with the artist's initials
  • pencil, China marker and ink wash on paper
  • 2 7/8 by 5 in.
  • 7.3 by 12.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1985.

Provenance

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Sydney, Annandale Galleries, Robert Motherwell, July 27-August 20, 2005

Condition

In good condition aside from slight abrasion to extreme edge of sheet lower right corner. Slight crease upper right at edge. Sheet attached to mat backing along upper edge on the reverse, resulting in slight upward curve at bottem. VERSO: dated 1985 in pencil and 'D85 3174' in pencil.
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