ROBERT MOTHERWELL "IRISH SUITE #6", ETCHING, 1990
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world.
Motherwell was the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, editing a journal, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction.
While Motherwell's contribution to the art historical canon as a painter is undisputed, his role as a printmaker is arguably just as important. From the early 1960s until his death in 1991, Motherwell worked tirelessly in search of new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. He was one of the most experimental and courageous printmakers of the 20th century.
While it is almost impossible to decipher any trace of figuration in Motherwell's oeuvre, he was inspired by and referenced literature, politics, and art history.
Made in one run with a single colour applied to a copper plate, this print is subtle in coloring but impactful because of Motherwell's signature approach to abstraction. Burnt sienna gestural shapes sit atop the plate's ghost, with rust-colored speckles bleeding into the negative space.
"Irish Suite" is a series of 8 prints. The group features Motherwell's signature gestural lines arranged in bold, explorative compositions in a limited color palette that is typical of Motherwell's oeuvre. This suite was completed late in the artist's life, one year before Motherwell's passing.
Prints from the Irish Suite are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Questions about this piece? Contact us or call +1.416.704.1720.
Visit our Toronto gallery on Thursdays or by appointment.
"Irish Suite #6"
1990
Etching on Twinrocker May Linen Paper
Initialed "RM" and numbered 13/15 in pencil, lower margin
From an edition of 15
17"H 15"W (sheet)
22.75"H 20.5"W (framed)
Very good condition.
This work is published in the first printed catalogue raisonné (Dedalus Foundation, 2003) under no. 507. It is also listed in the fully comprehensive Prints & Editions online catalogue raisonné, Dedalus Foudation, no. CR512.
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ROBERT MOTHERWELL "IRISH SUITE #6", ETCHING, 1990
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world.
Motherwell was the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, editing a journal, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction.
While Motherwell's contribution to the art historical canon as a painter is undisputed, his role as a printmaker is arguably just as important. From the early 1960s until his death in 1991, Motherwell worked tirelessly in search of new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. He was one of the most experimental and courageous printmakers of the 20th century.
While it is almost impossible to decipher any trace of figuration in Motherwell's oeuvre, he was inspired by and referenced literature, politics, and art history.
Made in one run with a single colour applied to a copper plate, this print is subtle in coloring but impactful because of Motherwell's signature approach to abstraction. Burnt sienna gestural shapes sit atop the plate's ghost, with rust-colored speckles bleeding into the negative space.
"Irish Suite" is a series of 8 prints. The group features Motherwell's signature gestural lines arranged in bold, explorative compositions in a limited color palette that is typical of Motherwell's oeuvre. This suite was completed late in the artist's life, one year before Motherwell's passing.
Prints from the Irish Suite are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Questions about this piece? Contact us or call +1.416.704.1720.
Visit our Toronto gallery on Thursdays or by appointment.
"Irish Suite #6"
1990
Etching on Twinrocker May Linen Paper
Initialed "RM" and numbered 13/15 in pencil, lower margin
From an edition of 15
17"H 15"W (sheet)
22.75"H 20.5"W (framed)
Very good condition.
This work is published in the first printed catalogue raisonné (Dedalus Foundation, 2003) under no. 507. It is also listed in the fully comprehensive Prints & Editions online catalogue raisonné, Dedalus Foudation, no. CR512.
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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world.
Motherwell was the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, editing a journal, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction.
While Motherwell's contribution to the art historical canon as a painter is undisputed, his role as a printmaker is arguably just as important. From the early 1960s until his death in 1991, Motherwell worked tirelessly in search of new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. He was one of the most experimental and courageous printmakers of the 20th century.
While it is almost impossible to decipher any trace of figuration in Motherwell's oeuvre, he was inspired by and referenced literature, politics, and art history.
Made in one run with a single colour applied to a copper plate, this print is subtle in coloring but impactful because of Motherwell's signature approach to abstraction. Burnt sienna gestural shapes sit atop the plate's ghost, with rust-colored speckles bleeding into the negative space.
"Irish Suite" is a series of 8 prints. The group features Motherwell's signature gestural lines arranged in bold, explorative compositions in a limited color palette that is typical of Motherwell's oeuvre. This suite was completed late in the artist's life, one year before Motherwell's passing.
Prints from the Irish Suite are in the permanent collections of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Questions about this piece? Contact us or call +1.416.704.1720.
Visit our Toronto gallery on Thursdays or by appointment.
"Irish Suite #6"
1990
Etching on Twinrocker May Linen Paper
Initialed "RM" and numbered 13/15 in pencil, lower margin
From an edition of 15
17"H 15"W (sheet)
22.75"H 20.5"W (framed)
Very good condition.
This work is published in the first printed catalogue raisonné (Dedalus Foundation, 2003) under no. 507. It is also listed in the fully comprehensive Prints & Editions online catalogue raisonné, Dedalus Foudation, no. CR512.
