Lot 223
  • 223

Robert Motherwell

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Motherwell
  • The Baltic Sea Bride No. II
  • signed and dated 20 March 74; titled and dated 20 March 1974 on the backing board
  • acrylic and printed paper collage on canvasboard
  • 48 by 36 in. 121.9 by 91.4 cm.

Provenance

Knoedler & Company, New York
Klebenov Gallery, Boston (acquired from the above in 1974)
Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1982, Lot 13
Collection of Marjorie Leshaw, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 2004, Lot 205
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Knoedler & Company, Robert Motherwell: Recent Paintings and Collages, April 1974, cat. no. 10

Literature

Hayden Herrera, "Reviews and Previews: Robert Motherwell," ARTnews, Vol. 73, Summer 1974, no. 6
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue RaisonnĂ© 1941-1991, Vol. 2: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven 2012, cat. no. C432, p. 207, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is minor evidence of handling along edges, including some faint rubbing to the surface. The printed paper collage lifts slightly at the center and some glue residue is visible, both inherent to the artist's working method. Under very close inspection, a few minor losses are visible in the blue-painted areas and there are a few scattered and unobtrusive media accretions throughout. The colors are bright and fresh. Framed under glass.
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