Robert Motherwell
Samurai

Samurai

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Samurai
Samurai
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Samurai
Date1971
Printed inWest Islip, New York, United States
Published inWest Islip, New York, United States
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 72 × 36 3/4 in. (182.9 × 93.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Louisa Stude Sarofim Charitable Trust, courtesy of Christopher Sarofim
Object number97.20
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist and [Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip New York]; [Christie's, New York, November 7, 1996, lot 758]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition History"Masterworks of Lithography", February 12 through May 8, 2005, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. [106 Cameron]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
The work is signed in pencil, lower right of sheet: "R. Motherwell proof D."
Catalogue raisonnéBelknap 75

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