- 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.10.2001.4
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature Recto, signed with initials in graphite, bottom right corner: RM
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Verso of window mat, now removed and in object file, white label, printed in black ink and handwritten in blue marker: [printed] steven sloman / [handwritten] SLO•142•11•18•75 / [printed] fine arts photography Labels and inscriptions on verso of frame, now removed and in object file: White and green label, printed in black ink: I4 Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black ink: INV: D65-111-AI / 21A 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 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 413 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 482 White label, printed in black ink: ↑TOP↑ / Robert Motherwell / Lyric Suite, [underlined] 1965 / Black ink on rice paper / 11” x 9” (27.94 x 22.86 cm.) / Serial #: D65-111 / © Dedalus Foundation, Inc./licensed by VAGA, New / York / (10/97) Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: “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