Lot 122
  • 122

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • St. Michel Collage with Blue
  • signed
  • acrylic and paper collage on canvasboard
  • 36 by 24 in. 91.4 by 61 cm.
  • Executed in 1985.

Provenance

Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Jack D. Flam, Katy Rodgers and Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991, Volume 3, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. C715, p. 331, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling toward the edges. The collaged paper is irregularly torn, which is inherent to the artist's working method. Framed.
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