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Robert Motherwell / Catalogues Raisonnés / Painting & Collages

SP4

An abstract painting with black, white, and yellow stripes, as well as a large black form and a central circular form with hues of black, red, and white within it.

Black Still Life

 1946-47

An abstract painting with black, white, and yellow stripes, as well as a large black form and a central circular form with hues of black, red, and white within it.

Oil on canvas
28 x 24 in. (71 x 61 cm)

INSCRIPTIONS

Recto, lower left, incised: RM
Verso: [illegible] \ March \ 1947 \ Black Still-life \ Robert Motherwell
Verso (vertical): [illegible]
Verso, on stretcher (upside down): "YELLOW LANDSCAPE" RM 1946

PRESENT OWNER

Ms. Helen Birenbaum

PROVENANCE

William and Helen Birenbaum, ca. 1960s

COMMENTS

This painting appears to have been reworked and retitled several times between 1946 and 1947. There are numerous crossed-out inscriptions on the verso, some of which are painted over and illegible.

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