Robert Motherwell
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![https://flic.kr/p/2jcVpFk | Robert Motherwell - Personage (Autoportrait) [1943] | A jagged horizontal-vertical mesh organises the composition. The alignment of the edges of the cut, torn, and glued paper provides the grid, which has a physical, planar dimension. Not only does the paper structure the work architectonically, but it serves as a support for vigorously applied paint. The energy of handling and the uneven oval shapes separated by a black line in this early collage foreshadow the power](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/cb/fd/02/cbfd02d3b320a4139ad6e084c4f83ab1.jpg)
A jagged horizontal-vertical mesh organises the composition. The alignment of the edges of the cut, torn, and glued paper provides the grid, which has a physical, planar dimension. Not only does the paper structure the work architectonically, but it serves as a support for vigorously applied paint. The energy of handling and the uneven oval shapes separated by a black line in this early collage foreshadow the powerful facture and recurrent motifs of Motherwell’s later work. [Solomon R…
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As early as 1947 Robert Motherwell understood how important process was to his work when he wrote, “I begin a painting with a series of mistakes. The painting comes out of the correction of mistakes by feeling. I begin with shapes and colors which are not related internally nor to the external world; I work without images. Ultimate unifications come about through modulation of the surface by innumerable trials and errors. The final picture is the process arrested at the moment when what I…
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991), In Black, with Yellow Ochre, 1960. Oil on paper laid down on canvas, 28½ x 22½ in.
From Museo Reina Sofía, Robert Motherwell, Threatening Presence (Elegy to the Spanish Republic CIII) (1965), Oil on canvas, 175.2 × 233.6 cm
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View THE RED AND BLACK #34 By Motherwell Robert; . Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.
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Last week, the NY Times reviewed a new show at the Guggenheim devoted to the work of Robert Motherwell, the Abstract-Expressionist painter and friend to Frank O’Hara and other New York poets.…
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Robert Motherwell. Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings. 1967. Frank O'Hara. Ink on acetate. 14 x 10 7/8" (35.5 x 27.7 cm). Gift of the artist. 2202.1967.80. Portfolio. Drawings and Prints
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Views of Robert Motherwell's studio, from an issue of Architectural Digest, date unknown. source: atelierlog.blogspot.com
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