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Robert Motherwell

Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.

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Robert Motherwell was born in 1915 in Aberdeen, in the State of Washington (U.S.A). He studied Philosophy and Art in California (Los Angeles and San Francisco). In 1938, he left for Paris to perfect his painting and his first personal exhibition was organized in the Gallery Raymond Dune (1939). He came back to New York the year after and studied History of Art with Meyer Schapiro there, who . . .

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Book with lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Maîtres-Graveurs Contemporains - 10
Maîtres-Graveurs...
1980 Ninth catalog of the series « Maîtres-Graveurs Contemporains » and 67th booklet of the Galerie Berggruen in Paris, for which the cover is an... Engberg-Banach n° 258 (for the cover)
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Music for J. S. Bach
Music for J. S. Bach
1989 Original lithograph on Chine appliqué, signed and numbered in pencil in pencil. Published by the artist and distributed by La Différence, Paris. Engberg and Banach n°471
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce VII
Lucrèce VII
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist, extracted from the album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n°417
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beau geste Suite, Plate IV
Beau geste Suite,...
1989 Original lithograph, monogrammed upper left by the artist and numbered below on the right. Ed. Daniel Papierski and Waddington Graphics, Paris and... Siri Engberg n°483
Signed etching aquatint de Motherwell Robert : Without title III, state I
Without title III,...
1984 Original etching and aquatint in black, heightened by the artist (ochre and white), signed in pencil on lower left pencil and numbered below on the... Engberg n°325
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lines for St Gallen
Lines for St Gallen
1971 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Erker-Presse Edition, St Gallen. Drystamp of the publisher. Siri Engberg n°106
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Five Circles
Five Circles
1971 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist (lower left), realized for the Olympics Games of 1972. Ed. Erker, St Gallen. Engberg N°107
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Automatism B
Automatism B
1966 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist, Ed. Hollander Workshop, New York. Siri Engberg N°20
Portfolio with lithographs de Motherwell Robert : Beau geste pour Lucrèce
Beau geste pour...
1989 Album in sheets, under red original box of edition, poems by Marcelin Pleynet, illustrated with six Robert Motherwell's original lithographs, all... Engberg-Banach n°480 to 485, Belknap n°417 to 422
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Without title II
Without title II
1968 Original lithograph, monogramed and dated in pencil by the artist, extracted from the book "La réalité en sa totalité". Georges Fall Ed., Paris. Engberg n°58
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Picasso's tribute : window
Picasso's tribute :...
1973 Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Propylaen Ed., Berlin, and Pantheon Press, Rome. The complete prints, 1940-1991 n°141
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beautiful gesture III
Beautiful gesture...
1989 Original lithograph, signed with the monogram of the artist and numbered, lithograph of the series of 7 « Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce ». Belknap n° 419, Engberg n° 482
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce VI
Lucrèce VI
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil, extracted from the Album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 422
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beau geste V
Beau geste V
1989 Original lithograph, monogramed in pencil, extracted from the Album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 421
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce IV
Lucrèce IV
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil, extracted from the Album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 420
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce III
Lucrèce III
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil, extracted from the Album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 419
Original signed lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce II
Lucrèce II
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil, extracted from the Album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 418
Original lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Lucrèce I
Lucrèce I
1989 Original lithograph, signed in pencil, extracted from the album "Beau geste pour Lucrèce". Belknap n° 417
Lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce III
Beautiful gesture...
1989 Original lithograph, signed and numbered, with the monogram of the artist, lithograph of the series of 7 « Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce ». Unknow
Lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce II
Beautiful gesture...
1989 Original lithograph, signed and numbered, with the monogram of the artist, lithograph of the series of 7 « Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce ». Unknow
Lithograph de Motherwell Robert : Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce I
Beautiful gesture...
1989 Original lithograph, signed and numbered, with the monogram of the artist, lithograph of the series of 7 « Beautiful gesture for Lucrèce ». Unknow

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« The painter and the printer », S. Terenzio et D. C. Belknap, Ed. The American Federation for Arts, N. Y., 1980 All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Motherwell », M. Pleynet, Ed. Daniel Papierski, 1969
  • « Robert Motherwell », H. Arnason, Ed. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1977
  • « Choix de peintures et collages, 1981/77 », M. Pleynet, G. Scarpetta, Ed. M.A.M
  • « Motherwell and black », S. Terenzio, P. Press, Londres-NY 1981
  • « Robert Motherwell », Dore Ashton, Ed. Abbeville Press, 1983
  • « 45 years of printmaking », Cat., Ed. Pacific Palisades, CA, USA, 1988
  • « Etchings, lithographs », J. McKendry, Waddington Graphics, Londres 1989
  • « Peintre et public », Jean Paulhan, Ed. L'Echoppe, 1990
  • « The collected writings of R. M.  », S. Terenzio, Ed. Univ. of California Press, 1999
  • « R. Motherwell, works on paper », Sam Cornish, Ed. Bernard Jacobson Ltd, 2013
To read from the artist :
  • « Motherwell, selection from the Artist's writings », F. O'Hara, MoMa, 1965
  • « Reconciliation Elegy », R. Motherwell, Ed. Rizzoli International Publications, 1998
Website :
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Mouvements de l'art

  • + SURREALISM / 1924-1969 / Marcel Duchamp, Dora Maar, Kurt Schwitters, Taro Okamoto, Antonio Berni, etc.
  • + LYRIC ART, ABSTRACT, TACHISM / 1950-1960 / Jackson Pollock, Emil Schumacher, etc.
All art movements

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