Robert Motherwell
Perpetual Summer

Perpetual Summer

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Perpetual Summer
Perpetual Summer
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Perpetual Summer
Date1985
MediumAquatint and etching on wove paper with collage of torn-and-pasted aquatint and black Kozo paper, hors commerce proof, aside the edition of 26 + 7 artist’s proofs
DimensionsPlate: 25 5/8 × 16 3/4 in. (65.1 × 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 33 × 25 in. (83.8 × 63.5 cm)
Frame: 35 5/8 × 27 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (90.5 × 69.4 × 4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William Woodford
Object number2020.289
Non exposé

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Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist and [Tyler Graphics, Ltd., 1985]; [probably Meredith Long & Company, after 1985-before 2020]; Collection of William Woodford (1939-2020), 1 after 1985- 2020; Estate of William Woodford, 2020; given to MFAH, 2020.
Exhibition HistoryLikely Meredith Long & Company exhibition, date unknown.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: for Martha + E[?].A. 9 Nov 85
Recto: Signed and inscribed in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Motherwell h.c.
Verso: Unknown at present.

Back label: Label printed in ink, upper left: Meredith Long & Company label with tombstone information
Back label: Label printed in ink, upper left: tombstone information, no identifying information
Back label: Label printed in ink, center bottom edge: Gallery One label (framing)
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, top right corner: C-619

Signed and editioned in graphite below image, right: Motherwell / h.c.
Watermark: None known at present.

Recto: Chopmark, bottom right corner of sheet, below image: Robert Motherwell

Catalogue raisonnéBelknap 329; Engberg & Banach 361

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C3: Ondoe
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.3
C2:  Acro
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.2
D3:  Fargo
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.5.3
D2:  Sloan
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.5.2
D1:  Juke
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.5.1
C4:  Phantom
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.4
C1:  Carn
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.4.1
B3:  Gard
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.3.3
A3: Afrum
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.3
A2:  Catso
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.2
A1:  Shanta
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.2.1
Meeting
James Turrell
1989–1990
Aquatint on wove paper, hors commerce 2
96.39.1