- 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.10.2001.8
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature Recto, signed with initials in black ink, lower right corner: RM
- Marks None
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Labels and inscriptions on verso of frame, now removed and in object file: 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 545 White and green label, printed in black ink: I4 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 1083 White label, printed in black ink: ↑TOP / Robert Motherwell / Lyric Suite [underlined]. 1965 / Serial #: D65-137 / © Dedalus Foundation, Inc. Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black ink: INV: D65-178-AI 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 White label, printed in black ink: STOCK NO. NON 37.643 / ARTIST MOTHERWELL, Robert / TITLE Lyric Suite / DATE 1965 / MEDIUM royal blue ink, black ink with green bleed, and blue ink on rice paper / SIZE 11 x 9 in. 27.94 x 22.86 cm / [large font] Marlborough [small font] 40 West 57th St. NY, NY 10019 212.541.4900 [email protected] Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: “LYRIC SUITE NO. __” / 1965 Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: 29A
- 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