Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Paintings and Collages by Robert Motherwell being prepared by the Dedalus Foundation.
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The Edelstone View #1 and The Edelstone View #2
Details
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
The Edelstone View #1 and The Edelstone View #2
View #I: signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Robert Motherwell The Edelstone View #1 Red/Blue Spring 1971' (on the reverse)
View #II: signed with initals and dated 'RM 71' (upper right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Robert Motherwell Red/Blue 1971' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
View #I: 74¼ x 55¼ in. (188.5 x 140.3 cm.); View #II: 75¼ x 56¾ in. (191.2 x 144.2 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
The Edelstone View #1 and The Edelstone View #2
View #I: signed, titled, dated and inscribed 'Robert Motherwell The Edelstone View #1 Red/Blue Spring 1971' (on the reverse)
View #II: signed with initals and dated 'RM 71' (upper right); signed again, inscribed and dated again 'Robert Motherwell Red/Blue 1971' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
View #I: 74¼ x 55¼ in. (188.5 x 140.3 cm.); View #II: 75¼ x 56¾ in. (191.2 x 144.2 cm.)
Painted in 1971.
Provenance
Edelstone View #1:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
The Estate of Sigmund E. Edelstone, New York
His sale; Christie's New York, 1 November 1984, lot 52
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Edelstone View #2:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
The Estate of Sigmund E. Edelstone, New York
Eugene Stevens, Cleveland
Anon. sale; Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1987, lot 44
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
The Estate of Sigmund E. Edelstone, New York
His sale; Christie's New York, 1 November 1984, lot 52
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Edelstone View #2:
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
The Estate of Sigmund E. Edelstone, New York
Eugene Stevens, Cleveland
Anon. sale; Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1987, lot 44
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
A. Elrod, "The Quintessential Design for Art," Architectural Digest 28, no. 6, May-June 1972, pp. 16-23.
Special notice
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