Dance
Artist
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
Date1981
MediumAcrylic on canvas
Dimensions84 1/4 x 126 1/8 in. (214.0 x 320.4 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 number98.11.3
On View
On view[1] Archive #P81-2631
Published ReferencesH. H. Arnason, et al, Robert Motherwell, rev. ed. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1982), illus. (b-w) in the studio, 218.
Vivian Raynor, “Milton Avery: Paintings on Paper at the Whitney,” New York Times (October 10, 1982), mentioned and illus. CN26.
Susan Kurtzman, “Name artists in Stamford show,” Fairpress (October 27, 1982), illus. C5.
Anthony Bannon, “Gallery to Unveil Historic Robert Motherwell Show,” The Buffalo News (September 25, 1983), illus. (color) E1.
Robert C. Morgan, “Brilliance of Motherwell,” Rochester Sunday Democrat and Chronicle (October 9, 1983), noted D3.
Robert Motherwell (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Abbeville Press, 1983), cat. no. 86, illus. (color) 119.
Deloris Tarzan, “Robert Motherwell,” The Seattle Times (June 21, 1984), mentioned E12.
John Russell, “Art: From Motherwell, Biography and History,” New York Times (December 7, 1984), briefly discussed C22.
Gabriella Drudi, Note romane a Robert Motherwell (Milan: Multhipla Edizioni, 1984), illus. (color) 80. Reprinted as Robert Motherwell: Notes Romaines (Paris: Éditions de la Différence, 1988).
Marcelin Pleynet, Robert Motherwell (Paris: Daniel Papierski, 1989), illus. (color) as Collection of the Artist.
Stephen Polcari, Abstract Expressionism and the Modern Experience (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991), noted 308.
“Museum Acquires Five Important Works,” North Carolina Museum of Art Preview and Calendar of Events (March/April 1999), briefly discussed
and illus. (b-w) 10.
North Carolina Museum of Art Annual Report (1998–99), illus. (color) cover.
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. P1025, illus. (color).
Exhibition HistoryStamford, CT, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, “Abstract Expressionism Lives,” September 19–November 7, 1982,
illus. (b-w) 22
Buffalo, NY, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, “Robert Motherwell,” October 1–November 27, 1983; Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 5–March 4, 1984; San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, April 12–June 3, 1984; Washington, DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, September 15–November 4, 1984; New York, NY, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, December 7, 1984–February 3, 1985, cat. no. 86 (as in “private collection”), illus. (color), 119.
Savannah, GA, Telfair Museum of Art’s Jepson Center for the Arts, “Fast Forward: Three Decades of Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art,” January 23–April 27, 2008
Wilmington, NC, Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, “Bearden to Ruscha: Contemporary Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art,” May 22, 2008–May 17, 2009.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement
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