The Checkered Skirt
Artist
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
Date1947
MediumOil on fiberboard
Dimensionsoverall: 48 7/8 × 21 5/8 in. (124.1 × 54.9 cm)
frame: 50 9/16 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (128.4 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm)
frame: 50 9/16 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (128.4 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of the Olsen Foundation
Object numberG.58.21.1
On View
Not on viewProvenanceCreated New York, 1947; collection of the artist; [Kootz Gallery, New York, ca. 1947]; Dr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen, Guilford, CT, ca. 1948; Olsen Foundation, New Haven, CT; given to NCMA, 1958.
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Benvenuto di Giovanni
circa 1476–1478
