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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 18, 2016 | Sotheby's | New York | Contemporary Art Day Auction | 128 | $****** - ****** | THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA NO. 5 |
paintings
274.3 x 365.8 cm (108 x 144 in)
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Dedalus Foundation, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Robert Motherwell: Recent Paintings, June - August 1972, cat. no. 8
Princeton University Art Museum, Robert Motherwell: Recent Work, January - February 1973, cat. no. 10, p. 70, illustrated
Leverkusen, Museum Morsbroich, Motherwell, October 2004 - January 2005, pp. 72-73, illustrated in color
Robert Hughes, "A Sense of Exuberance," Time 100, No. 3, 17 July 1972, pp. 54-55, illustrated in color
Marjorie Welish, "Robert Motherwell: Bridging the Generations," Art International 16, No. 10, December 1972, pp. 44-45, illustrated in color
Pierre Volboudt, "Perspectives de Robert Motherwell," XXe Siècle 35, No. 40, June 1973, p. 86
H. H. Arnason, Robert Motherwell, New York 1977, pl. 217, n.p., illustrated
Gabriella Drudi, Note Romane à Robert Motherwell, Milan 1984, p. 113, illustrated in color
Gabriella Drudi, Robert Motherwell Notes Romaines, Paris 1988, p. 119, illustrated in color
Alan Shipley, "Tribute to Motherwell," Modern Painters, No. 4, Winter 1991, p. 113, illustrated
Ante Lorscheider, "In den Farben leuchtet das Unbewusste," Westfälische Rundschau, 21 October 2004, illustrated
Bertram Müller, "Spanische Elegien," Rheinische Post, 22 October 2004, Sec. A, p. 8
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Vol. 2: Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven 2012, cat. no. P618, pp. 320-321, illustrated in color
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, Eds., Motherwell: 100 Years, Milan 2015, cat. no. 286, p. 275, illustrated in color