Royal Fireworks Music
Artist
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
Date1974
MediumAcrylic, pasted canvas, pasted papers, and china marker on Upson board
Dimensions72 x 36 in. (182.9 x 91.4 cm)
Frame: 78 1/8 x 42 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (198.4 x 107.3 x 5.7 cm)
Frame: 78 1/8 x 42 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (198.4 x 107.3 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mary and Jim Patton
Object number2014.20.35
On View
Not on viewProvenanceCreated Greenwich, CT, 1974; collection of the artist, Greenwich; [Paul Haim et Cie, Paris, 1974]; sold to [Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, December 1977]; David Geffen, Los Angeles, February 1978; [Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, by 1980]; Mary and James R. Patton Jr., Great Falls, VA, September 1980; given to NCMA, 2014.
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