Artworks · Robert Motherwell

A la pintura: Red 4-7

1968 · Red acrylic paint and black conte crayon, with traces of blue colored pencil, and collage of letterpress in black and red on white wove paper, cut out and tipped onto white wove paper

60.7 × 91 cm (23 15/16 × 35 7/8 in.)

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Gauloises Bleues

1968 · Etching and aquatint in black on ivory wove paper

Each plate: 29.2 × 16.2 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 77.8 cm (22 1/4 × 30 11/16 in.)

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Gauloises Bleues

1968 · Color aquatint and etching on white wove paper

Plate: 29.2 × 16.2 cm (11 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.); Sheet: 76.5 × 56.5 cm (30 1/8 × 22 1/4 in.)

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A la pintura: To the Palette

1968 · Soft ground transfer on newsprint

16.4 × 36.7 cm (6 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Soft ground etching in black on white wove paper

13 × 26.2 cm (5 1/8 × 10 3/8 in.)

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A la pintura: To the Paintbrush

1968 · Soft ground on canvas

27.7 × 43.5 cm (10 15/16 × 17 3/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Soft ground and graphite (recto), and graphite (verso), on translucent wove paper

46.5 × 25.4 cm (18 5/16 × 10 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in blue and burnt sienna on white wove paper

50.3 × 29.5 cm (19 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 5

1968 · Soft ground etching in ultramarine blue on white wove paper

Plate: 16.5 × 18 cm (6 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 34.7 × 25 cm (13 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

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A la pintura: To the Paintbrush

1968 · Soft ground etching in ochre, with letterpress in black and gray, on white wove paper

63.9 × 97.8 cm (25 3/16 × 38 9/16 in.)

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A la pintura: To the Paintbrush

1968 · Soft ground etching in ochre, with letterpress in black and gray, on white wove paper

64 × 98.8 cm (25 1/4 × 38 15/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in blue and ochre on white wove paper

51 × 18 cm (20 1/8 × 7 1/8 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in ultramarine blue and ochre on white wove paper

Plate: 31.2 × 10 cm (12 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.2 × 23.3 cm (19 13/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in burnt sienna and blue on white wove paper

Plate: 31.2 × 9.8 cm (12 5/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40 × 24 cm (15 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in yellow ochre and ultramarine blue on white wove paper

Plate: 31.2 × 10 cm (12 5/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.3 × 26.5 cm (19 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

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A la pintura: To the Palette

1968 · Aquatint, line etching, and lift-ground aquatint in orange, and soft ground etching in black, on white wove paper

Plate: 12.7 × 25.8 cm (5 × 10 3/16 in.); Sheet: 25.7 × 36 cm (10 1/8 × 14 3/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching, with acid-tint, in black on white wove paper

64.8 × 50.4 cm (25 9/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Aquatint and soft ground etching in blue-green and buff on white wove paper

47 × 27.8 cm (18 9/16 × 11 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching and soft ground etching in blue and burnt sienna on white wove paper

Plate: 31 × 10 cm (12 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.); Sheet: 50.2 × 20.6 cm (19 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)

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Black 1-3, from A la pintura

1968 · Color aquatint and lift-ground etching from two copper plates, with letterpress, on white wove paper

Image/plate: 57.1 × 31.8 cm (22 1/2 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 64.7 × 96.5 cm (25 1/2 × 38 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 12-13

1968 · Brush and blue ink, black pastel, and graphite, with letterpress in black on white wove paper, cut and taped on white wove paper

91.6 × 61.5 cm (36 1/8 × 24 1/4 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 1-3

1968 · Color aquatint, line etching, and lift-ground etching and aquatint, with letterpress in black and blue, on white wove paper

Plate: 45.3 × 27 cm (17 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 64 × 98 cm (25 1/4 × 38 5/8 in.)

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A la pintura: Black 5-11

1968 · Line etching and lift-ground etching and aquatint in ochre on white wove paper

Plate: 13.3 × 22.7 cm (5 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 35.6 cm (11 7/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Black 5-11

1968 · Aquatint with acid-tint, line etching, and lift-ground etching and aquatint in ochre and black on white wove paper

65 × 50 cm (25 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 1-3

1968 · Color aquatint, with letterpress in black and blue, on white wove paper

Plate: 45.3 × 27 cm (17 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.8 × 98 cm (25 1/8 × 38 5/8 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 4

1968 · Collage of paint on white wove paper, and type with colored pastel and graphite on white wove paper, taped to white wove paper

61.3 × 91 cm (24 3/16 × 35 7/8 in.)

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A la pintura: Black 5-11

1968 · Aquatint, line etching, and lift-ground etching and aquatint in black and white on white wove paper

Plate: 13.3 × 22.7 cm (5 1/4 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 33.5 × 36.1 cm (13 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 4

1968 · Blue oil paint on white wove paper

45.9 × 22.8 cm (18 1/8 × 9 in.)

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A la pintura: Black 1-3

1968 · Brown acrylic and black crayon, with typeset on cream wove paper, taped onto white wove paper

61 × 91.2 cm (24 1/16 × 35 15/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 1-3

1968 · Blue pastel on blue laid paper

46 × 28 cm (18 1/8 × 11 1/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 4

1968 · Ivory oil paint on white wove paper

46 × 9.5 cm (18 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.)

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A la pintura: Black 5-11

1968 · Aquatint, line etching, and lift-ground etching and aquatint in ochre and black on white wove paper

Plate: 13.2 × 22 cm (5 1/4 × 8 11/16 in.); Sheet: 26.5 × 36.9 cm (10 7/16 × 14 9/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 1-2

1968 · Graphite on white wove paper

36.8 × 16 cm (14 1/2 × 6 5/16 in.)

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A la pintura: preface

1968 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

49.2 × 32 cm (19 3/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

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A la pintura: colophon

1968 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

65 × 41 cm (25 5/8 × 16 3/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 7-9

1968 · Color aquatint and lift-ground aquatint, with letterpress in black and gray, on white wove paper

Plate: 33.3 × 32 cm (13 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.); Sheet: 63.2 × 98 cm (24 15/16 × 38 5/8 in.)

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A la pintura: colophon

1968 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

23 × 15.5 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching in ochre on white wove paper

Plate: 31.3 × 9.8 cm (12 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.2 × 33.7 cm (21 3/4 × 13 5/16 in.)

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A la pintura: colophon

1968 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

23 × 14.7 cm (9 1/16 × 5 13/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 10-13

1968 · Etching in burnt sienna on white wove paper

Plate: 31.3 × 9.8 cm (12 3/8 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 55.2 × 33.7 cm (21 3/4 × 13 5/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 5

1968 · Aquatint in indigo blue with varnish on white wove paper

Plate: 20 × 20 cm (7 7/8 × 7 7/8 in.); Sheet: 46 × 31 cm (18 1/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

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A la pintura: White 14-15

1968 · Color aquatint on white wove paper

Plate: 30.3 × 59 cm (11 15/16 × 23 1/4 in.); Sheet: 55.3 × 75.5 cm (21 13/16 × 29 3/4 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 5

1968 · Aquatint in indigo blue with varnish on white wove paper

Plate: 20 × 19.8 cm (7 7/8 × 7 13/16 in.); Sheet: 46 × 30 cm (18 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.)

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A la pintura: White 1-2

1968 · Letterpress in black on white wove paper

68.7 × 34.1 cm (27 1/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 5

1968 · Watercolor and colored pastel on white wove paper

23 × 23 cm (9 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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A la pintura: Blue 5

1968 · Blue pastel on blue laid paper

22 × 23 cm (8 11/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

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Gauloises Bleues

1968 · Aquatint in cream, with collage of Gauloises cigarette label, laid down on white wove paper

Image/plate: 24.9 × 13.7 cm (9 13/16 × 5 7/16 in.); Sheet: 56.5 × 36 cm (22 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.)

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Mezzotint in Crimson

1968 · Mezzotint in red on white wove paper

Image/plate: 22 × 14.7 cm (8 11/16 × 5 13/16 in.); Sheet: 63.5 × 51.4 cm (25 × 20 1/4 in.)

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