Lot Essay
With me, painting is not an act of will, it's a happenstance that comes from some deep inner hunger that's always there.
—Robert Motherwell
—Robert Motherwell
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Open Study No. 9
Details
ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Open Study No. 9
signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (upper right)
acrylic and charcoal on canvasboard
29 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (75.9 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Open Study No. 9
signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (upper right)
acrylic and charcoal on canvasboard
29 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (75.9 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.
Provenance
Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, 1974
Sharon W. Reddin, Arizona, 1976
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 September 2006, lot 275
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Sharon W. Reddin, Arizona, 1976
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 September 2006, lot 275
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Vol. 2: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, p. 247, no. P442 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Princeton University Art Gallery, Robert Motherwell Recent Work, January-February 1973, p. 76, no. 57.
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages & Drawings, March-May 1973, no. 7.
Kansas City, Douglas Drake Gallery, Contemporary American Colorfield Painting, 1974.
University of California Santa Barbara Art Galleries, Five American Painters, Recent Work, January-February 1974, pp. 22 and 36, no. 13 (illustrated).
Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Robert Motherwell, September-October 1975.
Kansas City, Douglas Drake Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages, Graphics, 1978.
San Francisco, John Berggruen Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages & Drawings, March-May 1973, no. 7.
Kansas City, Douglas Drake Gallery, Contemporary American Colorfield Painting, 1974.
University of California Santa Barbara Art Galleries, Five American Painters, Recent Work, January-February 1974, pp. 22 and 36, no. 13 (illustrated).
Austin, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Robert Motherwell, September-October 1975.
Kansas City, Douglas Drake Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages, Graphics, 1978.
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