- 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.10.2001.3
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature Recto, signed with initials in black ink, bottom 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: J3 White label, printed in black ink: ↑TOP↑ / Robert Motherwell / Lyric Suite, [underlined] 1965 / Ink on rice paper / 9” x 11” (22.86 x 27.94 cm.) / Serial #: D65-109 / © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./licensed by VAGA, New / York / (10/97) 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 1156 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 black ink] 5935 688 Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: “LYRIC SUITE NO. __” / 1965 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 board, handwritten in black marker: D65-109
- 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