Lot 119
  • 119

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • Summertime in Italy Sketch No. 14
  • signed and dated Summer 1970 on the reverse
  • acrylic on canvas board
  • 7 by 5 1/8 in. 17.8 by 13 cm.

Provenance

Dedalus Foundation, New York
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 2006

Exhibited

New York, William Ehrlich Gallery, Robert Motherwell: The Remaining Miniatures from the Original Exhibit, June 1979

Literature

Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1994-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven 2012, cat. no. P601, p. 313, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling along the edges, including very minor lifting of the red pigment along the lower left turning edge and a pinpoint spot of loss at the folded bottom right corner. The colors are bright, fresh and clean. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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