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Robert Motherwell / Catalogues Raisonnés / Painting & Collages

P697

An abstract painting containing a black rectangle on the bottom edge of the canvas, several black vertical and horizontal lines, and large sections of grey and beige paint between the lines.

Zen I

 1972

An abstract painting containing a black rectangle on the bottom edge of the canvas, several black vertical and horizontal lines, and large sections of grey and beige paint between the lines.

Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
32 x 32 in. (81.3 X 81.3 cm)

COMMENTS

The reproduction of this painting in the Catalogue Raisonné relied on a poor quality archival slide dating to the early 1970s. The painting was lost to view until 2025 at which time new photography showed that the area at upper right was in fact gray rather than blue.

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