Robert Motherwell

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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  1. Robert Motherwell, At Five in the Afternoon, 1971, acrylic on canvasAt Five in the AfternoonPhillips · $12,690,000≈ £9,389,567≈ €10,749,682Sign up to see
  2. Robert Motherwell, Untitled (Elegy), 1983-1985, acrylic and charcoal on canvasUntitled (Elegy)Phillips · $4,580,000≈ £3,575,611≈ €4,088,191Sign up to see
  3. Robert Motherwell, Open No. 25: In Blue with Variations, 1968, acrylic and charcoal on canvasOpen No. 25: In Blue with VariationsPhillips · $2,329,000≈ £1,957,801≈ €2,238,562Sign up to see

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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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Born 1915, AberdeenDied 1991, ProvincetownOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q165275 ↗ULAN 500016415 ↗

abstract expressionism

Also known as American Robert Motherwell, Robert Burns Motherwell, Robert Burns Motherwell III

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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