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Robert Motherwell / Catalogues Raisonnés / Painting & Collages

SW6

An abstract illustration on white paper with large orange and black forms.

Study for Basque Suite

 1970

An abstract illustration on white paper with large orange and black forms.

Acrylic, ink, and lithograph on paper
22 x 17 in. (55.9 x 43.2 cm)

INSCRIPTIONS

Recto, upper left: Motherwell

PRESENT OWNER

Unknown

PROVENANCE

Private collection, ca. 1970; New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, 2006; unknown owner, 2006

COMMENTS

This work was used as the basis for a 1971 screen print, The Basque Suite: Untitled (Engberg and Banach 2003, no. 87). For further information on the I.H. Series and related works see the Comments for SW2 above.

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