Robert Motherwell

American · 1915–1991 · Painter, Printmaker

Robert Motherwell was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology. He was one of the youngest of the New… (Wikipedia)

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$12,690,000≈ £9,389,567≈ €10,749,682Sign uprecord price · incl. premiumAt Five in the AfternoonPhillips2018703lots offered1995–2026years recorded92%sold (616)$3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Nocturne V (From Three Poems by Octavio Paz), 1967
Lithograph
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jun 7, 2009 · Lot 437
$2,160≈ £1,357≈ €1,524Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
America-La France Variations II, 1983-84
Lithograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jun 7, 2009 · Lot 467
$4,200≈ £2,638≈ €2,963Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $3,800–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Mexico City Personages III (from Three Poems by Octavio Paz), 1986-88
Lithograph
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Feb 10, 2008 · Lot 282
$2,280≈ £1,170≈ €1,568Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $2,000–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Untitled (from Ten Works by Ten Painters), 1964
Screenprint
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jun 3, 2007 · Lot 109
$1,680≈ £845≈ €1,250Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗
Untitled (D.83-2911), 1983
Drawing · Paper
7 x 10 1/8in (18 x 26cm)
Bonhams · May 22, 2007 · Lot 139
$9,600≈ £4,864≈ €7,135Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $8,000–12,000View at Bonhams ↗
Ohne Titel, 1964
Screenprint · Other support
55,8 : 40,6 cm (21,9 : 15,9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Dec 9, 2006 · Lot 360
€762≈ $1,012≈ £516Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €800–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Ohne Titel
Mixed media
55,5 x 44,5 cm
Lempertz · Dec 1, 2006 · Lot 770
€27,370≈ $36,249≈ £18,417Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €28,000–30,000View at Lempertz ↗
Rite of Passage I, 1979-80
Etching · Paper
17½ h x 21½ w in (44 x 55 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2006 · Lot 438
$3,120≈ £1,679≈ €2,488Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $1,500–View at Wright ↗
Untitled, 1966
Lithograph
20 h x 15 w in (51 x 38 cm)
Wright · Oct 10, 2006 · Lot 439
$660≈ £355≈ €526Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $900–View at Wright ↗
Wave
Lithograph
99,5 x 139 cm
Lempertz · Jun 3, 2006 · Lot 321
€9,520≈ $12,200≈ £6,539Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–10,000View at Lempertz ↗

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About Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell was an American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and editor of The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology. He was one of the youngest of the New York School, which also included Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko.

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