Robert Motherwell - Under the Influence London Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Ireland

  • Artist Biography

    Robert Motherwell

    American • 1915 - 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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Alberti Suite (Blue Open)

1970
hand-woven tapestry
216 x 164 cm (85 x 64 5/8 in)
Artist’s initials ‘RM’ woven top left. Signed ‘Gloria F. Ross’ and ‘Robert Motherwell’ on a label adhered to the reverse. This work is number three from an edition of five and is produced by Gloria F. Ross.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £8,750

Under the Influence

13 December 2012
London