- Titles Reversible Collage (Descriptive)
- Artist Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
- Medium black oil paint and collage of torn paper with touches of blue paint on rag paper
- Dimensions sheet: 28 3/4 × 22 7/8 in. (73 × 58.1 cm) mat: 35 1/4 × 29 3/8 in. (89.5 × 74.6 cm) frame: 36 × 30 in. (91.4 × 76.2 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.9.2001
- Work Type collage
- Classification Collage
- Signature Recto, signed with initials and dated in graphite, top right corner: R.M. 60 Recto, signed with initials and dated in graphite, bottom left corner, oriented upside down: RM. 1960
- Marks Chop mark, bottom right corner, oriented backwards: [inside circle, surrounding oak leaves motif] STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE
- Inscription Recto and verso: none Labels, stamps, stickers, and inscriptions on verso of frame, from top to bottom: Stamp, in faded brown ink: [inside circle] * GALERI [one word, cut off] MORDO [all preceding text surrounding] Villanueva, 7 Sticker, printed in red ink: [half hexagon shape, partially torn] Stamp, in black ink: © Robert Motherwell White label, handwritten in red ink: CAT. / 22 [underlined] / M / #25 [underlined] / BOX / 291 White label, printed in black ink: D1 Tan label, printed in blue ink, portions of text marked out with blue pen (shown inside brackets): THIS PICTURE IS PAINTED [ON COTTON CANVAS / OR IMPORTED LINEN CANVAS / ON GESSO PANEL] / OR 100% RAG PAPER / WITH PERMANENT OIL PIGMENTS / MANUFACTURED BY / [PERMANENT PIGMENTS, CINCINNATI / OR] / WINSOR AND NEWTON, LONDON / [OR / LE FRAME, PARIS] / OR / MIXED MEDIA Tan label, printed in green ink: TO ARREST OTHERWISE INEVITABLE CHEMICAL CHANGES, / ALL OIL PAINTINGS SHOULD BE PLACED UNDER GLASS, / OR SPRAYED (NOT BRUSHED) WISH A POLY-RESIN / VARNISH, SUCH AS WEBER’S “MUSEUM VARNISH” OR / BOCOUR’S ACRYLIC VARNISH. THIS PAINTING HAS / NOT BEEN VARNISHED. R.M. Tan label, partially torn on right side, printed in yellow ink: ARTIST: ROBERT MOTHERWELL / TITLE / PRICE / [handwritten in black marker] 3000 [scratched out with red marker] Tan label, printed in red ink: THIS PICTURE IS SOLD SUBJECT / TO LOAN TO THE NEXT MOTHERWELL / EXHIBITION. Beige label, printed in blue ink and typed in black ink: [printed] The Collages of Robert Motherwell / A Retrospective Exhibition / [typed] No. 22 Reversible Collage, 1962 / Lent by Mr. Robert Motherwell / [printed] The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston / November 15, 1972-January 14, 1973 Tan label, printed, typed, and handwritten in black ink: [printed] sibey janis gallery / 15 east 57 street new york 22 / [typed] #8933 / MOTHERWELL Reversible Collage[underlined], 1960 Oil and Collage / 30 x 23” / [handwritten] Ph. 3-8 Inscribed below previous label, in black ink: #1 Stamp, in black ink: GALERIA JOAN PRATS / Rambla Catalunya, 54 / Telèfs. 216 0284 - 90 / ARTGRAFIC, S. A. / Balmes, 54 / Teléf. 302 45 22 / 08007 BARCELONA Grey and white label, printed: JUDSON ART WAREHOUSE / 49-20 FIFTH STREET / LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. 11101 / 718-937-5500 / TELEX: 269136 JUDSON - FAX: 718-937-5860 / FLOOR [AN20, handwritten] / ROOM [7379, handwritten] / PIECE [1382, handwritten] Yellow label, printed in black ink, laid on top of two identical labels: OFA [logo] / OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS / FINE ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS / NEW YORK - SAN FRANCISCO / Lot No 5935 [“5935” handwritten in black marker] / Piece No 954 [“954” handwritten in black marker] Stamp, in faded black ink: D[center of word indecipherable]S [surrounded by banner] G[rest of word illegible] POST[?] [star] LE BOURGET - GARE ROUT[rest of word illegible] Red-brown label, partially torn at bottom, printed in black ink: Agence Maritime DELAMARE & Cie - 21-23, rue Lucien Sampaix / PARIS-10 - Téléph.: BOL. 67-49 / EMBALLAGES, TRANSPORTS ŒUVRES D’ART / ARTIST ____ Adresse ____ / TITRE ____ / PRETEUR / [handwritten in black ink, upper left] 36174 / [handwritten in black ink, upper right] ZURICH White label, printed in black ink: Robert Motherwell C60-347 / Reversible Collage / 1960 / Oil and paper on board / 28 ¾ x 22 ¾” / CA 23870 / Knoedler & Company / 19 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 / (212) 794 0550 fax (212) 772 6932 White label, printed in black ink: Robert Motherwell / collage: Reversible Collage, 1960 / oil and paper collage on board / 30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.4 cm) / Frame: 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm) / 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 / AFI9.2001 Red label, printed in black ink: GALERIE CHARLES LIENHARD ZŪRICH / STOCK No. 1179 Inscribed in black marker: 35 B [circled] Inscribed in black marker: INV. #: C60 - 347 Stamp, in black ink, oriented upside down: [logo, five vertical bars] / PALAU SOLLERIC / Centre d’exposicions i documentació / de l’Art Contemporani [underlined] / Ajuntament de Palma / Sant Gaieta, 10 / 07012 PALMA DE MALLORCA / [handwritten in graphite] No 36 Black label, printed in gold ink: WMC [inside oval] / CUSTOM FRAMER, INC. / GOLD LEAF / 212-643-2333 FAX 212-643-2334 / 450 W. 31 St. 6th Floor NYC 10001 White sticker: [raised impression of six-sided shape, partially torn on bottom side] White label, printed, handwritten, and stamped in black ink and marker: [printed] KULICKE FRAMES, INC. / [remnant of label, mostly removed] / [printed] SHOWROOM / 1007 MADISON AVENUE / [handwritten in marker, upside down] 5258 G[?] / [printed] FACTORY & OFFICE / 508 E. 73 ST. / [stamped] PATENT PENDING / NEW YORK 21. NEW YORK / [printed in white, sideways along right side] KULICKE Inscribed above previous label, in black ink: —INV— / 660-347-BI [underlined] Inscribed to left of previous label, in graphite, oriented upside down: #1
- Provenance Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), 1960, and retained until his death, 1991; by bequest to the Dedalus Foundation, Inc., New York, 1991; purchased by the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, 2001
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