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Robert Motherwell / Selected Artworks
Totemic Figure, 1960, oil and charcoal on canvas, 84 ✕ 109 in. (213.4 ✕ 276.9 cm)

Totemic Figure

1958 - 1960

Totemic Figure, 1960, oil and charcoal on canvas, 84 ✕ 109 in. (213.4 ✕ 276.9 cm)
Oil and charcoal on canvas
84 ✕ 109 in. (213.4 ✕ 276.9 cm)

Selected artworks

The Figure 4 on an Elegy, 1960, Oil on paper mounted on Masonite, 22 3/4 ✕ 28 3/4 in. (57.8 ✕ 73 cm)

The Figure 4 on an Elegy

1960

C104 32189 Web

N.R.F. Collage No. 1

1959 - 1960

339.1955, 7/21/05, 4:10 PM, 8C, 4700x7030 (632+258), 100%, Default Settin, 1/20 s, R74.1, G48.7, B57.0

The Voyage

1949

Face of the Night (For Octavio Paz), 1981, acrylic on canvas, 72 ✕ 180 in. (182.9 ✕ 457.2 cm)

Face of the Night (For Octavio Paz)

ca. 1977 - 1979 / 1981

D45 26777 Web

The Door

1943

In Plato's Cave No. 1, 1972, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 72 ✕ 96 in. (182.9 ✕ 243.8 cm)

In Plato's Cave No. 1

1972

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 126, 1975, acrylic on canvas, 77 3/4 ✕ 200 1/4 in. (197.5 ✕ 508.6 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 126

1972 - 1975

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 78, 1962, oil and magna on canvas, 71 ✕ 132 1/4 in. (180.3 ✕ 335.9 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 78

1962

The Tomb of Cap’tain Ahab, 1953, oil on canvas board, 7 7/8 ✕ 10 in. (20 ✕ 25.4 cm)

The Tomb of Cap’tain Ahab

1953

Untitled (Hollow Men Sketch), 1986, graphite on mylar, 14 1/2 ✕ 22 in. (36.8 ✕ 55.9 cm)

Untitled (Hollow Men Sketch)

1986

Interior with Pink Nude, 1951, oil on Masonite, 44 ✕ 55 in. (111.8 ✕ 139.7 cm)

Interior with Pink Nude

1951

Threatening Presence, 1976, acrylic on canvas, 72 ✕ 180 in. (182.9 ✕ 457.2 cm)

Threatening Presence

1976

Church (from the Joyce Sketchbook), 1985, Ink, oil pastel, and graphite on paper, 3 ✕ 5 in. (7.6 ✕ 12.7 cm)

Church (from the Joyce Sketchbook)

1985

C768 32854 Web

The Red and Black No. 9

1987 - 1988

Jour La Maison, Nuit La Rue, 1958, oil on canvas, 69 3/4 ✕ 89 5/8 in. (177.2 ✕ 227.6 cm)

Jour La Maison, Nuit La Rue

1957 - 1958

Fishes with Red Stripe, 1954, oil on paper mounted on board, 42 1/2 ✕ 41 1/4 in. (108 ✕ 104.8 cm)

Fishes with Red Stripe

1952 - 1954

Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 1961, oil and charcoal on canvas, 68 ✕ 99 1/2 in. (172.7 ✕ 252.7 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic

1958 - 1961

A Sculptor’s Picture, with Blue, 1958, oil on canvas, 70 1/2 ✕ 76 in. (179.1 ✕ 193 cm)

A Sculptor’s Picture, with Blue

1958

The Black Sun, 1959, oil on paper mounted on paperboard, 28 3/4 ✕ 22 3/4 in. (73 ✕ 57.8 cm)

The Black Sun

1959 - 1960

D355 29965 Web

Automatism No. 2A (for Frank O'Hara)

1965

The Garden Window, 1969, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 60 ✕ 49 in. (152.4 ✕ 124.5 cm)

The Garden Window

1969 / 1990

Untitled, 1978, colored pencil on paper, 9 1/2 ✕ 21 in. (24.1 ✕ 53.3 cm)

Untitled

1978

C66 32151 Web

Histoire d’un Peintre

1956

C17 32100 Web

View from a High Tower

1944 - 1945

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70, 1961, oil on canvas, 69 ✕ 114 in. (175.3 ✕ 289.6 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 70

1961

D426 55439 Web

Lyric Suite: Red and Blue No. 4

1965

Totemic Figure, 1960, oil and charcoal on canvas, 84 ✕ 109 in. (213.4 ✕ 276.9 cm)

Totemic Figure

1958 - 1960

C840 32926 Web

Night Music Opus No. 16

1989

D142 27309 Web

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 1

1948

Untitled, 1976, ink on paper, 9 ✕ 12 in. (22.9 ✕ 30.5 cm)

Untitled

1976

Spanish Picture with Window, 1941, oil on canvas, 42 ✕ 34 in. (106.7 ✕ 86.4 cm)

Spanish Picture with Window

1941

MW D0495 92847

Lyric Suite

1965

Phoenician Red Studio, 1977, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 86 ✕ 192 in. (218.4 ✕ 487.7 cm)

Phoenician Red Studio

1977

The Little Spanish Prison, 1941, oil on canvas, 27 1/4 ✕ 17 1/8 in. (69.2 ✕ 43.5 cm)

The Little Spanish Prison

1941 - 1944 / ca. 1959 / 1969

The Hollow Men, 1983, acrylic, charcoal, and graphite on canvas, 88 ✕ 176 in. (223.5 ✕ 447 cm)

The Hollow Men

1983

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 172 (with Blood), 1989-1990, acrylic and oil stick on canvas, 84 ✕ 120 in. (213.4 ✕ 304.8 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 172 (with Blood)

1989 - 1990

Open No. 24: In Variations of Orange, 1968, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 81 ✕ 108 1/4 in. (205.7 ✕ 275 cm)

Open No. 24: In Variations of Orange

1968

C69 32154 Web

The Tearingness of Collaging

1957

C126 32212 Web

Sky and Pelikan

1961

Summer Open with Mediterranean Blue, 1974, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 48 ✕ 108 in. (121.9 ✕ 274.3 cm)

Summer Open with Mediterranean Blue

1974

A View No. 1, 1958, oil on canvas, 81 1/8 ✕ 104 in. (206.1 ✕ 264.2 cm)

A View No. 1

1958

The Spanish Death, 1975, acrylic on canvas, 96 ✕ 74 1/2 in. (243.8 ✕ 189.2 cm)

The Spanish Death

1975

Untitled (Elegy Sketch), 1977, ink on rag paper, 7 ✕ 10 in. (17.8 ✕ 25.4 cm)

Untitled (Elegy Sketch)

1977

Doorway with Figure, 1949, Casein on paper mounted on Masonite, 48 ✕ 39 3/4 in. (121.9 ✕ 101 cm)

Doorway with Figure

1949

The Homely Protestant, 1948, oil and casein on Masonite, 97 3/4 ✕ 48 1/4 in. (248.3 ✕ 122.6 cm)

The Homely Protestant

1948

In Beige with Charcoal No. 1, 1973, acrylic and charcoal on Upson board, 36 ✕ 48 in. (91.4 ✕ 121.9 cm)

In Beige with Charcoal No. 1

1973

MW C0501

Bastos

1974

C39 32123 Web

The Pink Mirror

1946

At Five in the Afternoon, 1948-1949, Casein and graphite on paperboard, 15 ✕ 20 in. (38.1 ✕ 50.8 cm)

At Five in the Afternoon

1948 - 1949

Open No. 1: In Yellow Ochre, 1967, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 114 ✕ 84 in. (289.6 ✕ 213.4 cm)

Open No. 1: In Yellow Ochre

1967

Motherwell, Robert

Three Personages Shot (6 June)

1944

Stephen's Iron Crown, 1981, acrylic on canvas, 88 ✕ 120 in. (223.5 ✕ 304.8 cm)

Stephen's Iron Crown

1981

Wall Painting with Stripes, 1945, oil on canvas, 54 ✕ 67 1/8 in. (137.2 ✕ 170.5 cm)

Wall Painting with Stripes

1944 / 1945

Motherwell, Robert

Mexican Sketchbook (Page 3)

1941

C71 32156 Web

Ash Wednesday

1957

Guillotine, 1981, oil and acrylic on canvas, 66 ✕ 50 in. (167.6 ✕ 127 cm)

Guillotine

1966 / 1973 / 1979 - 1981

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 171, 1988-1989, acrylic on canvas, 84 ✕ 168 in. (213.4 ✕ 426.7 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 171

1988 - 1989

MW W0459 34837 Copy

Untitled (Samurai)

1973

Two Figures with Cerulean Blue Stripe, 1960, oil on canvas, 84 ✕ 109 1/4 in. (213.4 ✕ 277.5 cm)

Two Figures with Cerulean Blue Stripe

1960

Open Forms (from the Joyce Sketchbook), 1985, ink on paper, 3 ✕ 5 in. (7.6 ✕ 12.7 cm)

Open Forms (from the Joyce Sketchbook)

1985

Motherwell, Robert

Untitled

1967

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 100, 1975, oil on canvas, 84 ✕ 240 in. (213.4 ✕ 609.6 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 100

1962 - 1963 / 1973 - 1975

Summertime in Italy No. 28, 1962, oil and charcoal on canvas, 96 1/2 ✕ 72 in. (245.1 ✕ 182.9 cm)

Summertime in Italy No. 28

1962

C11 32091 Web

Mallarmé’s Swan

1942 - 1944

The Big 4, 1988, Acrylic and chalk on canvas, 84 ✕ 168 in. (213.4 ✕ 426.7 cm)

The Big 4

1985 - 1986 / 1987 / 1988

Mexican Past, 1990-1991, acrylic on canvas, 72 ✕ 144 in. (182.9 ✕ 365.8 cm)

Mexican Past

1990 - 1991

Western Air, 1947, oil on canvas, 72 ✕ 54 in. (182.9 ✕ 137.2 cm)

Western Air

1946 - 1947

Personage, with Yellow Ochre and White, 1947, Oil on canvas, 72 ✕ 54 in. (182.9 ✕ 137.2 cm)

Personage, with Yellow Ochre and White

1947

Dublin 1916, with Black and Tan, 1964, oil and acrylic on canvas, 84 1/8 ✕ 204 1/4 in. (213.7 ✕ 518.8 cm)

Dublin 1916, with Black and Tan

1963 - 1964

Mexican Night, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 48 ✕ 48 in. (121.9 ✕ 121.9 cm)

Mexican Night

1979

The Emperor of China, 1947 oil on Masonite, 48 ✕ 36 in. (121.9 ✕ 91.4 cm)

The Emperor of China

1947

Elegy for the Spanish Republic, XXXV, 1958, oil and Magna on canvas, 80 ✕ 100 in. (203.2 ✕ 254 cm)

Elegy for the Spanish Republic, XXXV

1954 - 1958

C607 32693 Web

Port de Boston II

1977

Frontier No. 4, 1958, oil and alkyd on paperboard, 15 x 18 in. (38.1 ✕ 45.7 cm)

Frontier No. 4

1958

The Wild Duck, 1974, Acrylic and charcoal on Upson board, 36 ✕ 24 in. (91.4 ✕ 61 cm)

The Wild Duck

1974

Golden Bough, 1986, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 90 ✕ 216 in. (228.6 ✕ 548.6 cm)

The Golden Bough

1986

The Voyage: Ten Years After, 1962, oil and charcoal on canvas, 68 3/4 ✕ 205 3/4 in. (174.6 ✕ 522.6 cm)

The Voyage: Ten Years After

1960 - 1961 / 1962

Je t’aime No. II, 1955 oil and charcoal on canvas, 54 ✕ 72 in. (137.2 ✕ 182.9 cm)

Je t’aime No. II

1955

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 55, 1961, oil on canvas, 70 ✕ 76 1/8 in. (177.8 ✕ 193.4 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 55

1955 - 1960 /1961 / 1962

Open Drawing, 1967, ink on paper, 11 3/8 ✕ 14 3/8 in. (28.9 ✕ 36.5 cm)

Open Drawing

1967

Summertime in Italy No. 7 (in Golden Ochre), 1964, oil and charcoal on canvas, 85 ✕ 69 in. (215.9 ✕ 175.3 cm)

Summertime in Italy No. 7 (in Golden Ochre)

1961 - 1964

Wall Painting No. III, 1953, oil on canvas, 54 1/2 ✕ 72 1/8 in. (138.4 ✕ 183.2 cm)

Wall Painting No. III

1953

Recuerdo de Coyoacán, 1942, oil on canvas, 42 ✕ 34 in. (106.7 ✕ 86.4 cm)

Recuerdo de Coyoacán

1942

Elegy to the Spanish Republic XXXIV, 1954, oil on canvas, 80 ✕ 100 in. (203.2 ✕ 254 cm)

Elegy to the Spanish Republic XXXIV

1953 - 1954

Dedalus Sketchbook: Mulligan’s Tower, 1982, ink on paper, 7 3/4 ✕ 5 7/8 in. (19.7 ✕ 14.9 cm)

Dedalus Sketchbook: Mulligan’s Tower

1982

Open No. 111: Big White and Ochre, 1969, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 93 ✕ 129 in. (236.2 ✕ 327.7 cm)

Open No. 111: Big White and Ochre

1969

The Grand Inquisitor, 1989-1990, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 72 ✕ 171 1/8 in. (182.9 ✕ 434.7 cm)

The Grand Inquisitor

1989 - 1990

La Belle Mexicaine (Maria), 1941, Oil on canvas, 29 1/2 ✕ 23 3/4 in. (74.9 ✕ 60.3 cm)

La Belle Mexicaine (Maria)

1941

C2 32082 Web

Untitled

1943

Open White and Black, 1969, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 88 ✕ 122 in. (223.5 ✕ 309.9 cm)

Open White and Black

1969

Wall of the Temple, 1951, oil on Masonite, 96 ✕ 192 in. (243.8 ✕ 487.7 cm)

Wall of the Temple

1951

New England Elegy, 1966, acrylic on canvas, 156 ✕ 180 in. (396.2 ✕ 457.2 cm)

New England Elegy

1966

Wall Painting, 1951, oil on Homasote, 44 ✕ 58 in. (111.8 ✕ 147.3 cm)

Wall Painting

1950 - 1951

Africa, 1965, acrylic on canvas, 81 ✕ 222 1/2 in. (205.7 ✕ 565.2 cm)

Africa

1964 - 1965

Je t’aime No. III with Loaf of Bread, 1955, oil and charcoal on canvas, 72 ✕ 54 in. (182.9 ✕ 137.2 cm)

Je t’aime No. III with Loaf of Bread

1955

Motherwell , Robert

Pancho Villa, Dead and Alive

1943

Beside the Sea No. 5, 1962, Oil on paper, 29 ✕ 23 in. (73.7 ✕ 58.4 cm)

Beside the Sea No. 5

1962

C289 32375 Web

Gauloises with Scarlet

1972 / 1982

Drunk with Turpentine No. 50, 1979, oil on paper, 23 ✕ 29 in. (58.4 ✕ 73.7 cm)

Drunk with Turpentine No. 50

1979

C124 32210 Web

The French Line

1960

Untitled, 10/15/07, 3:31 PM, 16C, 7014x6126 (985+2051), 100%, HMI_Curve, 1/15 s, R53.8, G19.3, B19.9

Lyric Suite

1965

C42 32126 Web

The Poet

1947

W484 34862 Web Copy

Open Paper Painting No. 1

1975