Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
Robert Motherwell was a heavyweight of American post-war painters and one of the most prolific of the abstract expressionists, with an energetic and varied career that continued until his death in 1991. Initially pursuing an academic career studying philosophy, first at Stanford and later Harvard, in 1939 Motherwell moved to New York to pursue his interest in art at Columbia University. He was encouraged to devote himself fully to painting under the tutelage of art historian Meyer Schapiro, and was introduced to the Surrealists and intellectuals who were arriving from war-torn Europe. Serving as a link between the European and American avant-garde, Motherwell would develop into one of the youngest and most vibrant members of the New York School, an informal vanguard of artists, poets, musicians and dancers active in the 1950s and 1960s. Motherwell was principally a proponent of the Surrealist methods of automatism, approaching painting without preconception and allowing the brush to move freely and spontaneously in order to express the interior, unconscious psyche. His large-scale canvases were defined principally by bold, gestural shapes against fields of colour, and drew inspiration from modernist literature, poetry, contemporary politics, and Symbolism. In addition to his canvases, Motherwell would produce hundreds of prints as well as collages over the course of his career, and was also a prolific writer and lecturer.
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August Sea #5 by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $2,161,260
Robert Motherwell
August Sea #5
72 x 48 in 182.9 x 121.9 cm
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Estimation : $2,000,000 - $2,500,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $2,161,260 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
The Joan Stewart Clarke Collection - International Art le Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Africa Suite: Africa 5 by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $17,500
Robert Motherwell
Africa Suite: Africa 5
31 3/4 x 23 3/4 in 80.6 x 60.3 cm
screenprint on paper
Estimation : $3,000 - $5,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $17,500 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
International Graphics & Pop Art le Thursday, October 25, 2018
The Berggruen Series by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $8,750
Robert Motherwell
The Berggruen Series
lithograph on paper
Estimation : $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $8,750 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
International Graphics & Pop Art le Thursday, April 25, 2019
Dance I by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $5,313
Robert Motherwell
Dance I
9 3/4 x 23 5/8 in 24.8 x 60 cm
1978
etching and aquatint
Estimation : $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $5,313 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
International Graphics and Pop Art Prints le Thursday, October 26, 2017
Pauillac #1 by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $4,130
Robert Motherwell
Pauillac #1
36 x 23 1/2 in 91.4 x 59.7 cm
1973
screenprint and collage with embossing
Estimation : $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $4,130 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
June 2014 - 3rd Session le Thursday, June 26, 2014
America - La France Variations IV by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $4,130
Robert Motherwell
America - La France Variations IV
41 x 26 in 104.1 x 66 cm
lithograph and collage
Estimation : $3,500 - $4,500 CDN
Vendu pour : $4,130 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
April 2016 - 3rd Session le Thursday, April 28, 2016
Untitled by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $2,813
Robert Motherwell
Untitled
35 1/2 x 17 3/4 in 90.2 x 45.1 cm
1973
etching and aquatint on paper
Estimation : $2,500 - $3,500 CDN
Vendu pour : $2,813 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
International Graphics le Thursday, October 31, 2019
Untitled by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $2,813
Robert Motherwell
Untitled
28 1/4 x 22 1/4 in 71.8 x 56.5 cm
brushed aquatint, lift ground etching and aquatint
Estimation : $2,500 - $3,500 CDN
Vendu pour : $2,813 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Pop Art Prints & International Graphics le Thursday, April 29, 2021
Black Sea by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $2,500
Robert Motherwell
Black Sea
23 x 18 1/4 in 58.4 x 46.4 cm
etching and aquatint on paper
Estimation : $3,000 - $5,000 CDN
Vendu pour : $2,500 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Pop Art Prints & International Graphics le Thursday, October 27, 2022
Untitled by Robert Motherwell vendu pour $1,989
Robert Motherwell
Untitled
19 x 19 1/4 in 48.3 x 48.9 cm
lithograph with Chine-collé
Estimation : $2,500 - $3,500 CDN
Vendu pour : $1,989 CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
April 2013 - 2nd Session le Thursday, April 25, 2013