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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 1, 2024 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Curated | 93 | $****** - ****** | Very Good | Black Open |
paintings
182.9 x 91.4 cm (72 x 36 in)
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 73 (lower right); signed and dated 1973 (on the reverse)
Dedalus Foundation, New York
Acquired from the above in 2006 by the present owner
New York, Art Galleries, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Awards , May - June 1987, no. 60 (titled as Untitled (Open) )
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Open , June - August 2009
New York, Andrea Rosen Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Opens , May -June 2015
Paris, Galerie Templon, Robert Motherwell Open Series , May - July 2018
Hong Kong, Pearl Lam Galleries, Arriving at Reality: Robert Motherwell"s Open Paintings and Related Collages , January - March 2019
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Spring Mixed Show , March - April 2020
Marlborough, New York, LEGENDS: Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Beverly Pepper , September - November 2021
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Paintings , June - September 2023
Robert Mattison, John Yau, Robert Hobbs et al., Robert Motherwell: Open , London 2009, p. 139, illustrated in color
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941 - 1991, Volume 2: Paintings on Canvas and Panel , New Haven 2012, no. P735, p.367, illustrated in color
Robert Motherwell
1915 - 1991
Black Open
signed and dated 73 (lower right); signed and dated 1973 (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
72 by 36 in.
182.9 by 91.4 cm.
Executed in 1973.
