Robert Motherwell Art
American, 1915-1991
The name of painter, printmaker and writer Robert Motherwell (1915–91) is often taken as synonymous with the New York School, whose name he coined. Motherwell was the youngest of this group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in 1950s and '60s New York City, which included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1915, Motherwell had perhaps the broadest and best education of any of the New York School coterie, with an extensive background in philosophy, literature and art history. He earned a BA in philosophy in 1937 from Stanford University and was working toward a PhD in the subject at Harvard when he interrupted his studies for a yearlong trip to Europe, where he fell in love with European modernism.
After returning, in 1940 he enrolled Columbia to study art history. It was there that he met a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists, and encounter that proved influential on his style. Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism” — unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses — into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School.
Works like the 1967 Beside the Sea no. 45, an acrylic on canvas, and the 1966 lithograph New York International epitomize Motherwell’s use of simple shapes in boldly contrasting colors, executed in quick, gestural strokes that occasionally evoke figures, suggesting a latent narrative despite their obvious abstraction.
Throughout his career, Motherwell taught painting at Hunter College, in New York, and at Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, where his work influenced the likes of Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg and Kenneth Noland. His influence as one of the founding fathers of American Abstract Expressionism remains profound.
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Artist: Robert Motherwell
Black Sounds
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Black Sounds
1984
Lithograph, relief print, and collage
99.1 x 63.5 cms (39 x 25 ins)
RM14197
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Red Samurai! (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VIII
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué
64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins)
Edition of 50
Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper
Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
Lyric Suite: Liberté Toute Entière No. 3
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Black ink with orange bleed on rice paper
22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
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20th Century Robert Motherwell Art
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Ink
Carnegie Hall
By Robert Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Carnegie Hall," from the suite New York, New York, 1982, is an original color lithograph with silkscreen and embossing by American ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph, Screen
Cultural Institutions, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
This print by Robert Motherwell is part of an 8-piece portfolio published by The New York Graphic Society in 1983 and includes works from Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, R.B. ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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America La-France Variations IX
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Three Poems: Mexico City Personages I, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Three Poems: Mexico City Personages I
Robert Motherwell, American (1915–1991)
Portfolio: Octavio Paz
Date: 1988
Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle
Edition of 750
Image Size: 13 x 2...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Burnt Water (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Blue Gesture (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Roots of Abstract Art in America, from the VIP hand signed limited edition print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
Roots of Abstract Art in America, from the VIP hand signed limited edition, 1966
Lithograph and offset lithograph
Pencil signed and numbered 46/100 on the front
Fra...
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1960s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph, Offset
Mexican Elegy (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Wind (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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America - La France Variations IX - Modern, Expressionism, Collage, Lithograph
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Köln, DE
Collage and lithograph in colours "America - La France Variantions IX" by Robert Motherwell from 1983-1984.
The edition on handmade paper comprises 78 copies.
The present copy is...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Pull Out All Flags, iconic Abstract Expressionist etching aquatint, SIgned 33/50
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
Pull Out All Flags (Engberg, Banach 263), 1980
Aquatint and etching in colors, on German Etching paper, with full margins
Hand-signed by artist, Pencil signed and n...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
“Carnegie Hall”
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Warren, NJ
Robert Motherwell signed Carnegie Hall Numbered Ap 23/25 Unframed. 30x23 in good condition
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21st Century and Contemporary Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
In Celebration
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Signs on Copper /// Robert Motherwell Abstract Expressionism Black Brown Etching
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991)
Title: "Signs on Copper"
*Monogram signed and numbered by Motherwell in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Lift-Ground Etc...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio
Nocturne VIII (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Harvest, In Scotland
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
While Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) is known as one of the most important and influential artists associated with Abstract Expressionism, he is also revered for his work and promotio...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Abstract Poster by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) - Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Year: 1973, Medium: Poster, signed and dated in the plate, Edition: 120, Size: 38 x 25 in. (96.52 x 63...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Offset
Primal Sign I, 1979-80
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Robert Motherwell – Primal Sign I
1979–1980
Medium: Color Aquatint & Lift-Ground Etching on Cream Whatman Paper
Edition: 38/60
Artwork Size: 23.5 x 18 in
Framed Size: 34.75 x 28.25 i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Robert Motherwell Art
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Paint
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Nocturne VI (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Tricolor with Dollar - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1973)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert MOTHERWELL
Tricolor with Dollar, 1973
Original lithograph
(Printed in Mourlot workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Edited by ...
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1970s American Modern Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Robert Motherwell, Art Chicago, limited edition lithographic poster
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
Robert Motherwell
Art Chicago, 1981
Offset lithograph on wove paper
Plate signed
39 × 27 1/2 inches
Unframed
This stunning ithographic poster was printed by Tyler Graphics Mt. Kisco...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph, Offset
Nocturne III (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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A Throw of the Dice (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Nocturne IV (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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El General
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Abstract Composition - Original color Etching and Aquatint - 1967
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Paris, IDF
Robert MOTHERWELL
Abstract Composition
Original etching and aquatint
Unsigned
On Johannot vellum
37.5 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch)
Published by Lazar Vernet in 1967 and limited to 200 ...
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1960s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Je t’aime (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Mexico City (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Untitled (State I), Modern Lithograph with Chine Colle by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) - Untitled (State I), Year: 1977, Medium: Lithograph with Chine Colle, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: trial proof, Size: 7 x ...
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1970s Modern Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Penelope, from Ulysses
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Penelope
Medium: Etching on Johannot paper
Date: 1988
Edition: 27/40
Sheet Size: 13" x 10"
Image Size: 6" x 6"
Signature: Initialed (RM) in pencil
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
Robert Motherwell Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart 25th Anniversary Screen Print
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Plainview, NY
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)
Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival, 25th Anniversary, 1991
Lithograph and screenprint on Coventry rag paper
Edition of 800
Printer: Trest...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Trieste, from Ulysses
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Trieste - Zurich - Paris
Medium: Etching on Johannot paper
Date: 1988
Edition: 27/40
Sheet Size: 13" x 10"
Image Size: 6" x 6"
Signature: Initialed (...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Green Gauloises
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Acrylic, graphite and printed paper collage on board
42.6 x 36.8 cms (16 3/4 x 14 1/2 ins)
This is the only collage in which Motherwell used a green package from Gauloises Caporal D...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Mixed Media
Red Sea I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color aquatint and lift-ground etching and aquatint on Arches Cover paper. Signed and numbered 15/100 by Motherwell. There are 20 artist proofs, number...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V
Year: 1987
Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle
Edition: 750
Image Size: 14 x 11 inches
Paper...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Rice Paper, Lithograph
Lincoln Center
s Mostly Mozart Festival - 25th Anniversary
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Aramits, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, 25th Anniversary.
Lithograph, Edition of 800, unsigned and unnumber...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph, Screen
The Razor
s Edge
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this scarce color aquatint and lift-ground etching on German Etching paper. Signed and numbered 27/36 in pencil, lower right. Printed by Catherine Mousley in t...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Etching, Aquatint
Three Poems: Nocturne V, Abstract Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991)
Title: Three Poems: Nocturne V, collaboration with Octavio Paz
Year: 1987
Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle
Edition: 750...
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1980s Modern Robert Motherwell Art
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Rice Paper, Lithograph
Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart, 25th Anniversary - Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Motherwell’s vibrant red lithograph features a collage-like composition with an intense contrast of black and red on top of sheet music.
Lincoln Center Mostly Mozart...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Summer Light Series: Pauillac, No.2
1973
Lithograph, screenprint, pochoir, and collage, Edition of 55
91.4 x 45.7 cms (36 x 18 ins)
RM12795
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Lament for Lorca
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper
44x61 in (111.8x154.9cm)
Edition of 52
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Lithograph
Beau Geste I
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
From a portfolio of six individual lithographs, each created as Robert Motherwell’s visualization of six poems by Marcelin Pleynet, Beau Geste I was printed in 1989 by Teluride Press...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
Nocturne II (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Lithograph
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Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne VI
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine appliqué
64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins)
Edition 50
Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper
Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar to...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Handmade Paper, Color, Lithograph
The Basque Suite #6
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on J. B. Green paper. Initialed and numbered 96/150 in pencil by Motherwell. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlborou...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Screen
Ulysses: The Hospital
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching
Africa Suite #6
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in Ameri...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Screen
Three Forms
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and...
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
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Etching, Aquatint
The Basque Suite #2
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on J. B. Green paper. Initialed and numbered 134/150 in pencil by Motherwell. Printed by Kelpra Studio, London. Published by Marlboro...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Screen
Red Sea III
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Aquatint and lift-ground etching on Georges Duchêne Hawthorne of Larroque handmade paper, Edition of 70
1983
90.2 x 46.4 cms (35 1/2 x 18 1/4 ins)
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1980s Abstract Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
The Poet
s Eye
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
The Poet's Eye
1990
Aquatint and carborundum in black and blue, on J. Whatman paper, Edition of 35
Image size: 45.1 x 60.3 cms (17 3/4 x 23 3/4 ins)
Sheet size: 64....
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Aquatint
España II
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Robert Motherwell
Espana II
1983
Aquatint and lift-ground etching on Moulin du Gue Rives de Lin paper
Edition of 40
31.8 x 26.7 cms (12.5 x 10.5 ins)
RME9319
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Primal Sign V (Copper)
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this scarce color aquatint on Arches Cover. Initialed and numbered 15/28 in pencil by Motherwell. Printed by Catherine Mosley at the artist's ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
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Color, Aquatint
Monster
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on speckled gray HMP handmade paper
104.1 x 78.7 cms (41 x 31 ins)
Edition of 26
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Art
Materials
Lithograph
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- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024No, Robert Motherwell was not a Surrealist painter. The American artist was the youngest member of the New York School, a group of Abstract Expressionists working in art, dance, poetry and music in the 1950s and '60s. However, Motherwell did meet a group of exiled Parisian Surrealists while attending Columbia University to study art history in the 1940s. This encounter proved influential in his style. Inspired by their work, Motherwell began to integrate the idea of “automatism," unmediated gestures that reflect deeper psychological impulses, into his work, pioneering a new form of Abstract Expressionism that came to characterize the New York School. On 1stDibs, find a selection of Robert Motherwell art.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Robert Motherwell was a part of the art movement called Abstract Expressionism. Artists who participated in the movement sought to express emotions through abstract forms. You'll find a range of Robert Motherwell art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- How did Motherwell paint?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Robert Motherwell painted using techniques borrowed from action and color field painting. He sometimes dipped thinned paint right onto the canvas. In other works, he soaked paints into an unprimed work surface. Find a variety of Robert Motherwell art on 1stDibs.