Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
Robert Motherwell
Blood and Sand
Auction Closed
November 19, 09:47 PM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
Blood and Sand
signed Motherwell and dated Feb 75 (upper left)
acrylic and canvas and paper collage on canvas mounted to board
70 by 35½ in.
177.8 by 90.2 cm.
Executed in 1975.
André Emmerich Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Santa Monica (acquired from the above in 1977)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979
Private Collection, Santa Monica (acquired from the above in 1977)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1979
H. Harvard Arnason, "Robert Motherwell: 1966-1976," Art International, vol. 20, no. 9, October 1976, pp. 22 and 25, illustrated in color
H. Harvard Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1977, pl. 270, p. 86, illustrated in color
H. Harvard Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1982, pl. 82, pp. 84 and 87, illustrated
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume 3: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. C73, pp. 60-61, illustrated in color
H. Harvard Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1977, pl. 270, p. 86, illustrated in color
H. Harvard Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1982, pl. 82, pp. 84 and 87, illustrated
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume 3: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven, 2012, cat. no. C73, pp. 60-61, illustrated in color