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Label Text Robert Motherwell is one of the most recognized members of the Abstract Expressionist movement, which was founded by members of the New York School. Like other figures in the New York School, Motherwell investigated the emotional and transcendental potential of abstract painting. Untitled (Black and White) (1949) is an important early painting that includes many of what would become the artist's signature approaches to art making, such as the use of dark, gestural forms squeezed between blocks of black, and a loose, calligraphic line. The semblance of a central elliptical form seen here emerges again in his "Elegy" series. Source: News, January February March, 2005.
Published ReferencesTuchman, Phyllis, "Robert Motherwell: The East Hampton Years, 1944-1952", Officina Libraria in collaboration with Guild Hall, East Hampton, 2014, color ill. pg.70
DimensionsFrame: 38 × 50 × 2 1/4 in. (96.5 × 127 × 5.7 cm)
Canvas (/image): 35 3/4 × 47 3/4 in. (90.8 × 121.3 cm)
Accession Number 2004.3
Classificationspainting
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Untitled (Black and White)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Motherwell
November 16, 1973
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Robert Motherwell
1975
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Robert Motherwell
1978
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Donald Sultan
1978
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Robert Henri
1909
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Pat Steir
1983
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Lee Krasner
1953
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Grant Wood
ca. 1920
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Theodoros Stamos
1947