- Titles Beige Double Figuration (Proper)
- Artist Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
- Medium beige acrylic and collage of torn paper with graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions sheet: 30 3/4 × 22 1/8 in. (78.1 × 56.2 cm) mat: 37 5/8 × 29 in. (95.6 × 73.7 cm) frame: 38 1/2 × 30 in. (97.8 × 76.2 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Anonymous gift in honor of Gail Andrews, AFI.26.2006
- Work Type drawing with collage
- Classification Collage
- Signature Signed with initials and dated in graphite, recto, top left corner: RM 68
- Marks Chop mark, bottom left corner: VÉRITABLE PAPIER D'ARCHES / FIN Watermark, bottom left corner, oriented sideways: Arches / FRANCE
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Labels, stamps, stickers, and inscriptions on verso of frame, from top to bottom: Inscribed in black marker, on brown paper: INV. C68-1492 Inscribed in black marker, on brown paper: 23B [inside square] Tan label, printed in brown ink with typing in black ink: [printed] STOCK NO. / [typed] NON 12.875 / [printed] ARTIST / [typed] MOTHERWELL, Robert (b. 1915) / [printed] TITLE / [printed] Beige, Double Figuration / [printed] DATE / [typed] 1968 / [printed] MEDIUM / [typed] collage / [printed] SIZE / [typed] 30 ½ x 22” / [printed] Marlborough [in smaller font] Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc. 41 East 57th Street New York 10072 PLaza 2-5353 Inscribed in black marker, on cream paper: 1637/223 Red label printed with white text: the 7 santini BROTHERS / [handwritten in graphite] 4379/17 White label, printed in black ink: Fine Frames / Minagawa[bold] Art Lines / 210 Eleventh Avenue / New York, NY 10001 [insignia] Tan label, printed and stamped in black ink, handwritten in graphite: [printed] KULICKE / [smaller font] KULICKE FRAMES, INC NEW YORK CITY / [handwritten] R. Motherwell / [stamped] 2 / [handwritten] 40 / 506 Cream label, handwritten in black marker: C68-1492 Cream label, handwritten in black ink: INV. C68-1491 BI / 50 Cream label, handwritten in black marker, crossed out with red marker: TOLEDO / MUSEUM / 1969 Grey and white label, printed in white and grey ink: [white ink] JUDSON ART WAREHOUSE / 49-20 FIFTH STREET / LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. 11101 / 718-937-5500 / TELEX: 269136 JUDSON - FAX: 718-937-5860 / [grey ink] FLOOR ROOM PIECE / [handwritten in black marker] 2WT 7379 111 Two identical white labels, each printed in black ink: 16-MAR-06 / Sale 1637 / Lot 223 Sticker: [orange circle] Sticker: [black circle] White label, printed and handwritten in black ink: [printed] CHRISTIE’S [two barcodes: 24170659] / [handwritten] MOTHERWELL / RA 197/5 / CAP[oriented sideways] Yellow label, printed in black ink: OFA[logo] OLLENDORF FINE ARTS / FINE ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS / NEW YORK - SAN FRANCISCO / [printed in blue ink] Lot. No. Piece No. / [handwritten in black marker] 5935 1085 White and green label, printed in black ink: B2 White and green label, printed in black ink: U5
- Provenance Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), 1968, and retained until his death, 1991; by bequest to the Dedalus Foundation, Inc., New York, 1991; purchased by an anonymous collector; gift to the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2006
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