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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Lot 150

ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

Open Study No. 9

Closed14 May 2021

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USD 175,000

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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Open Study No. 9
signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (upper right)
acrylic and charcoal on canvasboard
29 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (75.9 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1968.

Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, 1974
Sharon W. Reddin, Arizona, 1976
Anon. sale; Christie's, New York, 13 September 2006, lot 275
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

With me, painting is not an act of will, it's a happenstance that comes from some deep inner hunger that's always there.
—Robert Motherwell