Live Auction 3791Post-War and Contemporary Art Morning Session
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Lot 255

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Africa No. 3

Closed11 November 2015

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USD 485,000

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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Africa No. 3
signed, titled and dated 'R. Motherwell 22 Aug 75 “Africa #3”' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas mounted on board
24 x 36 in. (61 x 91.4 cm)
Executed in 1975.

Galerie André Emmerich, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1977

Specialist note

"Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself; it is a medium of thought. Thus painting, like music, tends to become its own content" -Robert Motherwell