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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 16, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Post-War & Contemporary Art Evening Sale | 25B | $****** - ****** | Je t'aime No. III with Loaf of Bread |
paintings
182.9 x 137.2 cm (72 x 54 in)
oil and charcoal on canvas
signed, titled and dated twice '"JE T'AIME, NO. III, WITH LOAF OF BREAD." 27 April 55 Robert Motherwell July 1955' (on the reverse)
Janice and Clement Greenberg, New York, acquired directly from the artist, 1956
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 05 May 1982, lot 39
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The One Hundred and Fifty-first Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, January-February 1956.
New York, Camino Gallery, June Salon, June 1956.
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Robert Motherwell, May-June 1957, no. 7.
Madrid, Museo Nacional de Arte Contemporáneo; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts; Paris, Musée National d’ Art Moderne; London, Tate Gallery; Museum of Modern Art, New York, The New American Painting, April 1958-September 1959, no. 48.
Cleveland Museum of Art, The Art of Collecting Modern Art, 1986, n.p., fig. 26 (illustrated in color).
M. Sawin, "In the Galleries," Arts, vol. 31, no. 10, September 1957, p. 56.
L. Nordness, ed., Art: USA: Now, New York, 1963, vol. 2, p. 290 (illustrated).
C. Greenberg, "A Famous Art Critic's Collection," Vogue, vol. 143, no. 2, 15 January 1964, p. 94 (illustrated in color).
H. H. Arnason, "Robert Motherwell: The Years 1948 to 1965," Art International, vol. 10, no. 4, 20 April 1966, p. 28.
H. H. Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1977, pp. 38 and 40, pl. 19 (illustrated).
H. H. Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York, 1982, pp. 11 and 40, pl. 32 (illustrated).
R. Reif, "Auction Prices for Quality Works Holding Firm," New York Times, 24 May 1982, p. C17.
J. Ianco-Starrels, "National Post for Andrews," Los Angeles Times, 30 May 1982, p. C83.
R. Reif, "Silver Linings at 2 Galleries," New York Times, 16 July 1982, p. C26.
"Robert Motherwell's Market," Artnewsletter, vol. 8, no. 14, 8 March 1983, p. 4.
R. W. Walker and V. F. Brooks, "The Art Market: All's Motherwell," Artnews, vol. 82, no. 5, May 1983, p. 9.
J. Flam, Motherwell, Oxford, 1991, n.p., pl. 35 (illustrated in color).
C. Thierolf, Amerikanische Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 2002, p. 269, fig. 6 (illustrated).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell, Paintings and Collages, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven and London, 2012, pp. 96-98, no. P159 (illustrated in color).
J. Flam, K. Rogers and T. Clifford, Motherwell: 100 Years, New York, 2015, pp. 145-146 and 150, fig. 144 and 147 (illustrated in color and installation view illustrated).
signed, titled and dated twice '"JE T'AIME, NO. III, WITH LOAF OF BREAD." 27 April 55 Robert Motherwell July 1955' (on the reverse)
oil and charcoal on canvas
72 x 54 in. (182.8 x 137.1 cm.)
Painted in 1955.
