Robert Motherwell
Africa
1965
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Robert Motherwell
Africa
1965
Physical Qualities
Acrylic on linen, 81 × 222 1/2 in. (205.7 × 565.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Object Number
1965.12
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift; the artist
Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Robert Motherwell," September 29 - November 30, 1965, no. 85, p. 96, ill. p. 60-61, circulated to Stedelijk, Amsterdam; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderne, Turin, through October 1966.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, "New York, New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940 - 1970, October 18, 1969 - February 1, 1970, p. 233.
Darsie Alexander, "Robert Motherwell: Meanings of Abstraction,"Baltimore Museum of Art, May 20, 2006 - July 30, 2006.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, "New York, New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940 - 1970, October 18, 1969 - February 1, 1970, p. 233.
Darsie Alexander, "Robert Motherwell: Meanings of Abstraction,"Baltimore Museum of Art, May 20, 2006 - July 30, 2006.
"What a Gesture!" "Newsweek," October 11, 1965, ill. p. 98.
Bryan Robertson,"From a Notebook on Robert Motherwell," "Studio International," March 1966, p. 89, ill. p. 93.
H. H. Arnason, "Robert Motherwell: The Years 1948-1965," "Art International," Vol. X, No. 4, April 1966, ill. p. 43.
Norbert Lynton, "London Letter," "Art International," Vol. X/5, May 1966, pp. 52-53, ill. p. 53.
Philip Leider, "Modern American Art at the Met," "Artforum," December 1969, pp. 62-65, ill. p. 63.
Henry Geldzahler, "New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970," NY: E.P. Dutton, 1970, p. 233, ill.
"The Vincent Price Treasury of American Art," Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1972, ill. p. 285.
Otto G. Ocvirk et al, 'Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice,' New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002, fig. I 29, p. 29.
Inscribed: FACE: TLC, "RM" VERSO: UR, "Robert Motherwell 1965/ACRYLIC ON BELGIAN LINEN/STRETCHED BY JAMES LEBRON, N.Y."; TRC, Museum of Modern Art (sticker)/LOAN/6(illeg.)750/Baltimore
