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Lot 688 Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Royal Dirge
Closed9 November 2011
Price Realised
USD 290,500
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Specialist note
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of paintings and collages being prepared by the Dedalus Foundation.
"My images are determined by a combination of vectors. A subject emerges out of an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium. It is determined by what dominant hues I am using, by the format, by whether the spatial concept is of a void, or a wall, or a figure (or, very rarely, of a landscape)... My work has a strong sense of light, but it is not atmospheric light; it is generated instead by planar color and value" (R. Motherwell, quoted in J. Flam, Motherwell, New York: Rizzoli, 1991, pp. 11).
"My images are determined by a combination of vectors. A subject emerges out of an interaction between my self, my I, and my medium. It is determined by what dominant hues I am using, by the format, by whether the spatial concept is of a void, or a wall, or a figure (or, very rarely, of a landscape)... My work has a strong sense of light, but it is not atmospheric light; it is generated instead by planar color and value" (R. Motherwell, quoted in J. Flam, Motherwell, New York: Rizzoli, 1991, pp. 11).