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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.18
People
Robert Motherwell, American (Aberdeen, WA 1915 - 1991 Provincetown, MA)
Title
Wall Painting
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
1950
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228180

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on composition board
Dimensions
108.3 x 147.3 cm (42 5/8 x 58 in.)
framed: 112.1 x 151.1 x 3.2 cm (44 1/8 x 59 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite or charcoal: t Motherwell 1951 Wall Painting
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite or charcoal: Box-2-
  • inscription: On verso, in white chalk: [number cut off by frame] / Kootz Chicago 13 [encircled] Kootz
  • label: On verso: W.S. Budworth & Son Inc.
    Packers and Shippers of Works of Art
    424 West 52nd St., New York, NY. 13
  • label: On verso, u.r.: Collection of G. David Thompson
    Robert Motherwell
    "Wall Painting"
    Size: 58 x 42 5/8"
    Oil on canvas
  • label: On verso: Yamato Transport Co. LTD.
    Fine Arts Division
    Japan
    Exhibit, Modern Art at Harvard
    Case No. 23 Catal No. 54
  • inscription: On verso, in graphite: C1582 [encircled]
  • label: On backing board: Modern Art at Harvard [outgoing loan label]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958
Copyright
© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.18
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jack Flam, Robert Motherwell paintings and collages: catalogue raisonne, 1941 – 1991, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, CT, 2012), pp. 62-63, 200-201

Exhibition History

  • American Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/08/1960 - 02/15/1960
  • Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013

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