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Robert Motherwell

Aberdeen/Washington 1915 – 1991 Provincetown/Massachusetts

”Mural Sketch” (Open No. 3: In Raw Sienna with Charcoal Line). 1967

Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on artist's board. 37,5 × 50,8 cm (14 ¾ × 20 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Robert Motherwell. ”Mural Sketch” (Open No. 3: In Raw Sienna with Charcoal Line). 1967.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 30,000

USD 22,500

 

- 33,700

Sold for:

38,100 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Contemporary Art, Friday, 06.06.2025

Information

Acrylic, charcoal and graphite on artist's board. 37,5 × 50,8 cm (14 ¾ × 20 in.). Monogrammed and dated in pencil in the lower right: RM 67. Signed and dated in pencil on the reverse: R. Motherwell / 67. Catalogue raisonné: Flam/Rogers/Clifford W250. Framed

Ulfert Wilke (since 1969) / Private Collection (acquired in 1991 from Christie's, New York) / Estate Timotheus Pohl, New York (acquired in 1994 from Sotheby´s, New York, hence by descent to the present owner)

Robert Motherwell. Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, 1968 / Very Small Paintings, Objects, Works on Paper. Iowa City, University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1972-74, cat.-nr. 7, ill. p. 6 / An Artist Collects. Ulfert Wilke Selections from Five Continents. Iowa City, University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1975, cat.-nr. 374, ill. p. 140

Auction: Contemporary Art. Christie's, New York, 14.02.1991, cat.-nr. 7 / Auction: Contemporary Art. Part II. Sotheby's, New York, 5.05.1994, cat.-nr. 123

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