- Titles Lyric Suite (Proper)
- Artist Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
- Medium ink on rice paper
- Dimensions sheet: 11 × 9 in. (27.9 × 22.9 cm) frame: 18 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (46.4 × 41.3 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.10.2001.16
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature Recto, signed with initials in graphite, top left corner: RM
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Labels and inscriptions on verso of frame, now removed and in object file: White and green label, printed in black ink: J1 White label, printed in black ink and handwritten in blue ink: [printed logo, on left side] GALLERY SERVICES [inside circle, surrounding globe] / [printed] 5200 W. JEFFERSON BLVD / LOS ANGELES, CA 90016 / 800/451-3003 / [handwritten] 19406.04 Beige label, handwritten in black ink: RM # / 2596 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 1039 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in black ink: “LYRIC SUITE NO.__” / 1965 Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: D65-2596 Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black ink: INV: D65-109-AI White and grey label, printed in white and grey ink and typed in black ink: [white ink printed, on left side] MANNY / SILVERMAN / GALLERY / [grey ink printed, on left side] 619 NORTH / ALMONT DRIVE / LOS ANGELES / CALIFORNIA / 90069 / TEL 310 659 8256 / FAX 310 659 1001 / [grey ink printed, on right side] ARTIST / TITLE / DATE / MEDIUM / SIZE / INVENTORY NO. / [black ink typed, on right side] ROBERT MOTHERWELL / Lyric Suite / 1965 / Ink on rice paper / 11x 9 inches / #C97.2888 White label, printed in black ink and handwritten in graphite: [printed logo, on left side, oriented sideways] KULICKE / [printed] KULICKE FRAMES, INC. / 1007 MADISON AVENUE / NEW YORK 21, NEW YORK / [handwritten] H / [printed] TEL: ALGONQUIN 4-0140 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in graphite: TR 1854.11
- 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