Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Property from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection.
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Untitled (from VVV Portfolio)

Details
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Untitled (from VVV Portfolio)
signed 'Motherwell' (lower right of the mount); signed and numbered 'Motherwell #13' (on the reverse)
brush and India ink and watercolor on paper
16¾ x 13 in. (42.5 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1941-1943
Provenance
Timothy Baum, New York.
Exhibited
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown Abstract Painting 1915-1950, August-September 1994.
St. Petersburg, Florida, Salvador Dali Museum; Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art; Dennis, Massachusetts, Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s, November 1998-September 2000, p. 74 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

This drawing was originally created as part of a portfolio of work by various artists to finance the surrealist review, VVV. The portfolio consisted of original works by Breton, Calder, Chagall, Motherwell et. al. Twenty portfolios were created and sold by subscription.

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