- Titles Lyric Suite (Proper)
- Artist Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
- Medium ink on rice paper
- Dimensions sheet: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm) frame: 16 1/4 × 18 1/4 in. (41.3 × 46.4 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by the Merton Brown Estate and the Thelma Brown Trust, AFI.10.2001.11
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature Recto, signed with initials in graphite, top left corner: RM
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Inside window mat, now removed and in object file, bottom center, in graphite: JUDSON 3155 A1 Labels and inscriptions on verso of frame, now removed and in object file: White label, printed in black ink: STOCK NO. NON 37.636 / ARTIST MOTHERWELL, Robert / TITLE Lyric Suite / DATE 1965 / MEDIUM black ink with greenish overtones on rice paper / SIZE 9 x 11 in. 22.86 x 27.94 cm / [large font] Marlborough [small font] 40 West 57th St. NY, NY 10019 212.541.4900 [email protected] White label, printed in black ink: ↑TOP↑ / Robert Motherwell / Lyric Suite, [underlined] 1965 / Black ink with greenish overtones on rice paper. / 9” x 11” (22.86 x 27.94 cm.) / Serial #: D65-1687 / © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./licensed by VAGA, New / York / (10/97) White and green label, printed in black ink: J2 Yellow label, printed in black ink: OFA[logo] OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS / FINE ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS / NEW YORK - SAN FRANCISCO / [printed in blue ink] Lot. No. Piece No. / [handwritten in red ink] 5935 241 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, oriented sideways] 2WT 7379 997 Beige label, handwritten in black ink: INV. D65- / 1687 A [line break] OL-241 White label, printed in black ink: KULICKE [logo, on left side, oriented sideways] / KULICKE FRAMES, INC. / 1007 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK 21, NEW YORK / TEL: ALGONQUIN 4-0140 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in black ink: “LYRIC SUITE NO. __” / 1965
- Provenance Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), 1965, and retained until his death, 1991; by bequest to the Dedalus Foundation, Inc., New York; purchased by the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2001