Artist
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)American, 1915–1991
PublisherPublished by
Robert Motherwell (American, 1915–1991)American, 1915–1991
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Phoenician Etching
Date1977, published 1983
MediumSugar lift aquatint in colors on wove paper, edition 5/40
DimensionsPlate: 5 3/4 × 7 3/4 in. (14.6 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (59.7 × 47 cm)
Frame: 24 15/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (63.3 × 51.1 × 3.5 cm)
Sheet: 23 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (59.7 × 47 cm)
Frame: 24 15/16 × 20 1/8 × 1 3/8 in. (63.3 × 51.1 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of William Woodford
Object number2020.291
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryLikely Watson/de Nagy & Company exhibition, date unknown.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and inscribed, lower right, below image: Motherwell 5/40
Verso: Unknown at present.
Back label: Label printed in ink, bottom right corner: Watson/de Nagy & Company label with tombstone information
Verso: Unknown at present.
Back label: Label printed in ink, bottom right corner: Watson/de Nagy & Company label with tombstone information
Signed and editioned in graphite, below plate, right: Motherwell 5/40
Watermark: None known at present.
Recto: Chopmark, bottom right corner, below image: Robert Motherwell Editions chopmark
Recto: Chopmark, bottom right corner, below image: Robert Motherwell Editions chopmark
Catalogue raisonnéBelknap 178; Banach and Engberg 300
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