Artist
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)American, 1915–1991
PublisherPublished by
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)American, 1915–1991
DistributorDistributed by
Tyler Graphics Ltd.
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)
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
Not on view
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
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
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
Recto: Chopmark, bottom right corner of sheet, below image: Robert Motherwell
Catalogue raisonnéBelknap 329; Engberg & Banach 361
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Robert Motherwell
1973
Lithograph in blue on wove paper with collage of offset photolithograph in colors, torn-and-pasted color wove paper, and embossing, edition 8/54
2020.290
