Untitled - a
Artist
Robert Burns Motherwell
(American, 1915 - 1991)
Date1958
MediumOil on cardboard panel
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (26.67 × 34.29 cm)
Credit LineGift of William Inge
Object number62-63
Signedl.r. (in pencil): "R M 58"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionOn thin ground of broadly brushed yellowish white, image in black, looks like two-headed, winged cow facing right; two large oval forms, right, top one with reserved spot in center, and earlike protuberance atop; behind it, left, another upward member rising from large triangular body; surface black blank-scored at random by brush handle. Some pigment detached from lower left, exposing ground.Copyright© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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