Nocturne I
Series TitleThree Poems by Octavio Paz, 1987–1988
Artist
Robert Burns Motherwell
(American, 1915 - 1991)
Date1987-1988
MediumLithograph with chine applique
DimensionsImage: 25 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (64.14 × 53.98 cm)
Framed: 27 × 24 × 1 3/4 inches (68.58 × 60.96 × 4.45 cm)
Framed: 27 × 24 × 1 3/4 inches (68.58 × 60.96 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Bloch
Object number2022.9.1
SignedSigned lower right, in graphite pencil, in two lines: RM/PPV/V
On the verso along the lower edge is the printed inscription: Copyright © 1987 Robert Motherwell
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionA swoop of black ink in the center of the page. Starting from the center left, the ink swirls counterclockwise, making an oblong void in the center of the page. Big and small splashes of ink are in the background.Exhibition History[None known at this time.]
With Molinar Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, by 1994;
Purchased from Molinar Gallery by Robert L. Bloch, Shawnee Mission, KS, 1994–2022;
Given by Robert L. and Barbara Bloch to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2022.
Stephanie Terenzio and Dorothy C. Belknap, The Prints of Robert Motherwell: catalogue raisonné, 1943–1990 (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991), no. 354, pp. 298–99, (repro.), as Nocturne I.
Siri Engberg and Joan Banach, Robert Motherwell: The Complete Prints, 1940–1991, catalogue raisonné (Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2003), no. 415, pp. 331–32, (repro.), as Octavio Paz Suite: Nocturne I, and dated 1988.
Robert Motherwell: Prints and Editioned Works (online catalogue raisonné, Dedalus Foundation), https://www.dedalusfoundation.org/catalogue_raisonne/prints/complete_prints/prints-detail?page=410 , no. 388, as Three Poems: Nocturne I, and dated 1988.Copyright© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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