Live Auction 2356Post-War and Contemporary Morning Session
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Lot 315

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Scarlet with Gauloises No. 17

Closed11 November 2010

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USD 92,500

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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Scarlet with Gauloises No. 17
signed with initials and dated 'RM 72' (upper left); signed and dated again 'R Motherwell 29 June 1972' (on the reverse)
acrylic and printed paper collage on board
20 x 15¾ in. (50.8 x 40 cm.)
Executed in 1972.

Private collection
Anon. sale; Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 9 May 1984, lot 186
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Pascal de Sarthe Fine Art, Paradise Valley
Private collection

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Paintings & Collages by Robert Motherwell being prepared by the Dedalus Foundation.