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SP7
![Study for Shem the Penman, 1973](https://dedalusfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SP7_1973-P-81_digital_A_55111-copy.jpg)
Study for Shem the Penman
1973
![Study for Shem the Penman, 1973](https://dedalusfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SP7_1973-P-81_digital_A_55111-copy.jpg)
Acrylic and charcoal on board
20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40/6 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
Recto, lower right: Motherwell \ 14 June 73
PRESENT OWNER
Private collection
PROVENANCE
Private collection, ca. 1973; [Karl & Faber Fine Art Auctions, Munich, June 7, 2018, lot 913]; private collection, 2018
Comments
The title of this work refers to Shem the Penman, the archetypal artist character from James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake.
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