Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991)
Night Music Opus #24, 1989
Initialed and dated "RM/89" u.r., titled on verso, labels from M. Knoedler & Co.,
New York, and Deborah Ronnen Fine Arts, Rochester, New York, affixed to the frame backing.
Acrylic and pasted papers on canvas mounted on board, 32 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (82.5 x 64.7 cm), framed.
Condition: Good.
Provenance: Dedalus Foundation (1991), private Massachusetts collection (2003).
Literature: Mary Ann Caws, Robert Motherwell: With Pen and Brush (London: Reaktion, 2003), pp. 116-117; Jack D. Flam, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford, and Robert Motherwell, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonne´, 1941-1991 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), cat. no. C848, illus. p. 386.
Exhibitions: Knoedler & Company, New York, April 1989, cat. no. 9; Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, 1997 (traveling), cat. no. XI.5, color illus. p. 189 (pl. 132).
Estimate $40,000-60,000
Artist's Studio Number C89-3514.
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