Details
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
The Poetics of Love
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 68' (upper left); signed, titled and dated again '"POETICS OF LOVE" 1968 R. Motherwell' (on the backing board)
acrylic and printed paper collage on paper
30 x 19 3/8 in. (76.2 x 49 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1982.
Provenance
Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private collection, San Diego, 1983
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
Literature
G. Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell Milan, 1984, p. 106 (illustrated in an early state).
G. Drudi, Robert Motherwell notes romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 112 (illustrated in an early state).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume III: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 316, no. C680 (Illustrated).
Exhibited
Princeton University, The Art Museum, In Celebration, Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of The Art Museum, February-June 1997, pp. 257 and 304 (illustrated).
Details
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
The Poetics of Love
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 68' (upper left); signed, titled and dated again '"POETICS OF LOVE" 1968 R. Motherwell' (on the backing board)
acrylic and printed paper collage on paper
30 x 19 3/8 in. (76.2 x 49 cm.)
Executed in 1968-1982.
Provenance
Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private collection, San Diego, 1983
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1989
Literature
G. Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell Milan, 1984, p. 106 (illustrated in an early state).
G. Drudi, Robert Motherwell notes romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 112 (illustrated in an early state).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume III: Collages and Paintings on Paper and Paperboard, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 316, no. C680 (Illustrated).
Exhibited
Princeton University, The Art Museum, In Celebration, Works of Art from the Collections of Princeton Alumni and Friends of The Art Museum, February-June 1997, pp. 257 and 304 (illustrated).
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