Robert Motherwell
Study for "In Black and White #2"

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

CultureAmerican

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Study for "In Black and White #2"

Date1975

PlaceUnited States

MediumAcrylic on canvas panel

Dimensions15 1/8 × 30 1/8 in. (38.4 × 76.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation and the Dedalus Foundation

Object number2001.619

Not on view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePurchased by MFAH, 2001.
Exhibition History"Acquisitions of the Last Five Years: Selections of Modern and Contemporary Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Upper Brown Pavilion, July 15, 2005 - October 15, 2005.

"Modern and Contemporary Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," MFAH, Brown Foundation Gallery, December 8, 2007-March 2, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Black marker on verso:
"INV. P - 1355 BI"
"15 X 30"
"STUDY FOR "IN BLACK & WHITE NO.2" "
"OLL 1194"

Labels on verso:
"ROBERT MOTHERWELL EXHIBITION / A-KAG 10/1-11/27/83 / Albright-Knox Art Gallery....Catalogue No. 81...Private Collection, New York"

"SLO-746-1355-VEB / steven sloman 11-9/78 / fine arts photography"

"THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM / Loan# 622.84 Catalog # 81 / Exhibition Motherwell / Lender Private Collection, NY"

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