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Robert Motherwell / Catalogues Raisonnés / Painting & Collages

SP6

Image of a framed abstract painting containing white, brown, blue, and beige forms with black outlines against a dark brown background.

Untitled

 1948

Image of a framed abstract painting containing white, brown, blue, and beige forms with black outlines against a dark brown background.

Oil on Masonite
18 X 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)

INSCRIPTIONS

Recto, upper right: 48 \ Motherwell
Verso: TOP \ Robert Motherwell \ July 1948

PRESENT OWNER

Private collection

PROVENANCE

Mr. and Mrs. George Wittenborn, ca 1948; private collection, after 1965; private collection

COMMENTS

This painting was given by Motherwell to the publisher George Wittenborn with whom he worked on the Documents of Modern Art series. The work has at times been referred to as “Toy,” a misreading of the word “TOP” written by Motherwell on the verso.

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