Robert Motherwell
Drunk with Turpentine #11

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Artist Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)American, 1915–1991

CultureAmerican

Titles

Drunk with Turpentine #11
from the series Drunk with Turpentine

Date1979

MediumOil with turpentine on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 15 × 22 1/4 in. (38.1 × 56.5 cm)
Frame: 21 1/4 × 27 3/4 × 1 3/8 in. (54 × 70.5 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of William Woodford

Object number2020.483

Not on view

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Prints and Drawings

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WORKS ON PAPER

ProvenanceThe artist, 1979; [Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX, as of 1979] [1]; Collection of William Woodford (1939-2020), [2] possibly 1979-2020; Estate of William Woodford, 2020; given to the MFAH, 2020.

[1] The archives of the Janie C. Lee Gallery are located at the Menil Collection, Houston, TX.
[2] William Woodford (1939–2020) graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1961 from U.T. where he was president of his fraternity Pi Kappa Alpha. He received his law degree from U.T. in 1964, having served as Associate Editor for the Texas Law Review (1963-1964) and being named a Chancellor as well as becoming a member of Phi Delta Phi. After clerking for the Hon. Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. for the Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, he joined the law firm Baker Botts in 1965 where he spent the entirety of his career, becoming a partner in 1972. A long-time member of this museum, Woodford channeled his love of the arts through his discriminating collecting and became an avid photographer, taking and developing his own prints with a particular focus on the Houston Ballet. His generous bequest also included a painting by Dorothy Hood and a number of important works to the Prints and Drawings department.

Exhibition History“Robert Motherwell: Drawings, A Retrospective, 1941 to the Present,” Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, TX, November – December 1979.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: RM
79
Verso: Unknown at present.
Back label: Label printed in ink, upper left: Janie C. Lee Gallery label with tombstone information.
Back label: Label printed in ink and black pen, just upper right of center: steven sloman fine arts photography
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, upper left: DENGLAS – DO NOT TAPE
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, just upper right of center: INV.#P79-2254
Verso (of frame): Stamp in ink, upper right: THIS WORK FRAMED WITH ACID NEUTRAL MATS & BACKS [upside-down]
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, right: GLASS?
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, lower left: April 8th 79 [upside-down]
Verso (of frame): Inscription in black pen, left center edge of frame: 7551 #45

Initialed and dated in graphite, bottom right corner: RM / 79

Watermark: None known at present.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

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