Two Figures
Artist
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
Date1960
MediumOil and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions69 x 85 in. (175.3 x 215.9 cm)
Frame: 70 x 86 in. (177.8 x 218.4 cm)
Frame: 70 x 86 in. (177.8 x 218.4 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest) and Arthur Leroy and Lila Fisher Caldwell, by exchange, and Gift of the Dedalus Foundation, Inc.
Object number98.11.1
On View
Not on view[1] Archive #P60-2970
Published ReferencesGabriella Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell (Milan: Multhipla Edizioni, 1984), illus. (color) in the studio, 63. Reprinted as Robert Motherwell: Notes Romaines (Paris: Éditions de la Différence, 1988).
Marcelin Pleynet, Robert Motherwell (Paris: Daniel Papierski, 1989), no. 101.
Un’avventura internazionale Torino e le art, 1950–1970 (exhibition catalogue) (Milan: Edizioni Charta, for Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, 1993), illus. (color) 249.
David Anfam, “Mexico City/Abstract Expressionism,” Burlington Magazine 139 (February 1997), 146–47.
“Museum Acquires Five Important Works,” North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (March/April 1999), briefly discussed 10.
David Cateforis, “Robert Motherwell’s Figure Before Blackness,” Spencer Museum of Art Register 7, no. 3 (July 1, 2000–June 30, 2001), mentioned 8.
Chad Weinard, “Black Mountain College: Modern Galleries,” in Docent’s Palette (NCMA docent newsletter) March - April - May 2005, mentioned 2.
Chad Alan Weinard, entry for Two Figures, in North Carolina Museum of Art: Handbook of the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2010), 490, illus. (color) 491.
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941–1991, Vol. 2, Paintings on Canvas and Panel (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012), cat. P207, illus. (color).
Stuart Dischell, "Lines Concerning Two Figures by Robert Motherwell" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 72.Exhibition HistoryTurin, Italy, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, “Un’avventura internazionale Torino e le arti, 1950–1970,” February 5–April 25, 1993, cat. illus. (color) 249.
Mexico City, Mexico, Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporaneo, “Pintura estadounidense expresionismo abstracto (Abstract Expressionism in the United States),” October 11, 1996–January 12, 1997, illus. (color) 440–41.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, “A Rebours. La Rebelión Informalista 1939–1968,” April 20–June 13, 1999; Madrid, Spain, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, July 6–October 11, 1999.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–October 30, 2023.
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