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Robert Motherwell

Summertime in Italy (with Blue): two plates; Summertime in Italy (with Crayon); and Untitled, from 9 portfolio (E. & B. 32, 36 & 56)

Estimate
$4,000 - 6,000
Lot Details
Four lithographs, two in blue, on Arches Cover and Arches Buff papers, with full margins.
1966-67
all I. various sizes
smallest S. 22 1/8 x 17 1/8 in. (56.2 x 43.5 cm)
largest S. 30 x 22 1/2 in. (76.2 x 57.2 cm)
All signed, one with initials, Summertime in Italy (with Blue) numbered 29/100, the trial proof annotated 'trial proof', Summertime in Italy (with Crayon) annotated 'printer's proof' and Untitled numbered 54/100 in pencil (all from the editions of 100 and an unrecorded number of artist's proofs), published by Hollanders Workshop, New York (with their blindstamp), printed in the United States, all unframed.

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Robert Motherwell

American | B. 1915 D. 1991
One of the youngest proponents of the Abstract Expressionist movement, Robert Motherwell rose to critical acclaim with his first solo exhibition at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery in 1944. Not only was Motherwell one of the major practicing Abstract Expressionist artists, he was, in fact, the main intellectual driving force within the movement—corralling fellow New York painters such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Hans Hoffman and William Baziotes into his circle. Motherwell later coined the term the "New York School", a designation synonymous to Abstract Expressionism that loosely refers to a wide variety of non-objective work produced in New York between 1940 and 1960.During an over five-decade-long career, Motherwell created a large and powerful body of varied work that includes paintings, drawings, prints and collages. Motherwell's work is most generally characterized by simple shapes, broad color contrasts and a dynamic interplay between restrained and gestural brushstrokes. Above all, it demonstrates his approach to art-making as a response to the complexity of lived, and importantly felt, experience.
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