Live Auction 17647Post-War to Present
Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Lot 166 Property Sold to Benefit Art for Access at Bennington College

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)

Sea Lion with Red Stripe

Closed27 September 2019

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USD 60,000–80,000

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Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Sea Lion with Red Stripe
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'RM 59' (upper right)
oil and printed paper collage on paper
29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm.)
Executed in 1959.

Gift of the artist to the present owner, 1960

Specialist note

Generally, in collages I only use things that happen to be in the studio. They represent familiarity and in a certain way domesticity. – Robert Motherwell