The Deserted Studio

Robert Motherwell

1971

  • Titles The Deserted Studio (Proper)
  • Artist Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 - 1991
  • Medium acrylic and charcoal on canvas
  • Dimensions 82 1/4 x 225 in. (208.9 x 571.5 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, with additional funds provided by the Bluff Park Art Association in honor of their 40th Anniversary, Nancy and John Poynor, Mrs. Herbert E. Smith, Jr., the Honorable and Mrs. J. Scott Vowell, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ireland II, the Rucker and Margaret Agee Fund, Mrs. Marilyn B. Scruggs, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley M. Erdreich, and Mrs. Robert Loeb, AFI.1.2003, image Art © Dedalus Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
  • Work Type painting
  • Classification Paintings

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