- Titles Lyric Suite, Brown #1 (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.10.2001.10
- Work Type drawing
- Classification Drawings
- Signature None
- 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: J4 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 1153 Beige label, stamped and printed in black ink: [stamped] ROBERT MOTHERWELL / [printed] From the Lyric Suite [“Lyric Suite” underlined] / 1965 / Ink on rice paper / 11 x 8 7/8” / INV. #1517 White label, printed in brown and black ink: [brown ink] ROBERT MOTHERWELL 79.220 / From the “Lyric Suite” / 1965 / ink on rice paper / 11” x 9” / [black ink] JCL[logo] / Janie C. Lee Gallery 2304 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas 77005 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 684 Red label printed with white text: the 7 santini BROTHERS / [handwritten in blue ink] 158/7379 [“7379” marked out with black marker] Label adhered behind previous label, printed, obscured, barely visible: HN OROS [?, one or two words, mostly illegible] / NEW YORK CITY / Lot No. Piece No. / [handwritten] 25209 159 Off-white label, printed and handwritten in black ink: [printed] steven sloman / fine arts / Photography / s? [logo] / 54 second avenue / new york, n.y. 10003 . negative # / [handwritten] SLO-866- / 1517-VEB-9-18-79 / [printed] © Copyright by Steven Sloman Piece of old backing board, handwritten in black marker: INV. D65-1517 A Stamp, in black ink, on piece of old backing board: JCL [logo] / Janie C. Lee Gallery 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 Off-white label, printed and typed in black ink: [printed] THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / 11 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK / [typed] ROBERT MOTHERWELL: WORKS ON PAPER / [printed] ARTIST [typed] Robert Motherwell / [printed] TITLE [typed] LYRIC SUITE. BROWN #1 Ink on paper / [printed] LENDER’S NAME [typed] The Artist. / [printed] MUSEUM NO. [typed] 65.972 [printed] BOX No. [handwritten in black marker] 1 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in black marker: 65.972 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in graphite: Brown 1 Piece of old backing paper, handwritten in graphite: TR 1099.55 [crossed out] Sticker: [yellow circle] White label, printed and typed in black ink: [printed] Museum of Modern Art / LOAN / [typed 65.972 / Motherwell
- 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