Robert
Motherwell

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Highly acclaimed as one of the leading Abstract Expressionist artists of his time, Robert Motherwell created through the disciplines of printmaking and painting – his expressive paintings are immediately recognisable, often featuring bold black shapes against a background of lush colour, evidenced in works such as Wave and Pull Out All Flags.

« It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it. »
– Robert Motherwell

Calligraphy I

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United States / male artist / Postmodernism / Lyrical Abstraction / Abstract expressionism / Gestural / Abstract art / American Abstract Artists (AAA) / Colour Field Painting / Automatism / Process Art / Surrealism

Motherwell was heavily inspired by his meeting and subsequent friendships with Surrealist artists Duchamp and Ernst, drawing heavily on their automatism concept that allows the unconscious mind to come forth and create while free of rational control.

« Most painting in the European tradition was painting the mask. Modern art rejected all that. Our subject matter was the person behind the mask. »

– Robert Motherwell

Perhaps best known for his Elegy to the Spanish Republic series - 150 separate works depicting a variety of black forms upon a white background - Motherwell was an intuitive painter known for his simple shapes and gestural brushstrokes and notably commented “Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought...[it] tends to become its own content”.

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Robert Motherwell

Black On Black, 1978

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 2,950

Robert Motherwell

Rite Of Passage III, 1980

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

The Dalton Print, 1979

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Roth Handle II (Crimson) , 1975

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Mixed Media

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Robert Motherwell

Gauloises Bleues (Raw Umber Edge) , 1970

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Mixed Media

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Robert Motherwell

Gauloises Bleues (White) , 1970

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Mixed Media

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Robert Motherwell

Red Samurai, 1988

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Harvest With Two White Stripes, 1973

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 3,970

Robert Motherwell

Basque Series, 1970

Limited Edition Print

Serigraph

USD 3,270

Robert Motherwell

Calligraphy I, 1989

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Beau Geste VI, 1989

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,850

Robert Motherwell

Chair, 1971/72

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Dance I, 1979

Limited Edition Print

Etching And Aquatint

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Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Blue/Tan) From London Series II, 1971

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Serigraph

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Robert Motherwell

Untitled (Blue/Pale Blue) From London Series II, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Serigraph

USD 2,990

Robert Motherwell

Flight, 1971

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

USD 1,450

Robert Motherwell

12th. Anniversary, 1988

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 4,000

Robert Motherwell

Madrid Suite F, 1966

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Untitled, 1964

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

USD 1,190

Robert Motherwell

New York Cultural Institutions From New York, 1983

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Summer Trident, 1990

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Lithograph

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Robert Motherwell

Samurai II, 1980

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Robert Motherwell

Beau Geste I, 1989

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Robert Motherwell

Black With No Way Out, 1983

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Robert Motherwell

The Basque Suite: Untitled, 1971

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Robert Motherwell

Nocturne I, 1988

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Robert Motherwell

At This Hour, 1988

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What is automatism?

Automatism refers to the process of accessing material from the unconscious or subconscious within the creative process. It is Sigmund Freud’s method used during psychoanalysis called free association. Artists valued the process for its ability to stimulate creative thought and activity.

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