Untitled
Artist
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
Date1945
MediumWatercolor and ink on paper
Dimensionsoverall: 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (26.7 × 22.2 cm)
frame: 19 3/4 × 16 7/8 × 2 in. (50.2 × 42.9 × 5.1 cm)
frame: 19 3/4 × 16 7/8 × 2 in. (50.2 × 42.9 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.57.34.7
On View
On viewPublished ReferencesJames B. Byrnes, "Some Recent Accessions of Twentieth Century Painting," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 1, nos. 4 and 5 (Winter 1957-Spring 1958), mentioned 43.
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 53, illus. (b-w).
A Catalogue of Drawings and Watercolors (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 76.
The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938-1948 (exhibition catalogue) (Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Museum, 1986), cat. no. 82, illus. (b-w).
Katy Rogers, Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonne, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2022), illus. (color)Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 53, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Drawings and Watercolors," Summer 1969, cat. no. 76.
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, May 1-30, 1978.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Works on Paper: 1943-1974," July 12-October 16, 1983.
Newport Beach, CA, Newport Harbor Museum, "The Interpretive Link: Abstract Surrealism into Abstract Expressionism, Works on Paper, 1938-1948," July 11-September 14, 1986; New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, October 13-December 21, 1986; Minneapolis, MN, Walker Art Center, February 21-May 3, 1987, cat. no. 82, illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," May 6, 2024-present.
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