Collage , Ink, acrylic and newsprint on cardboard. Signed and dated in the lower right. 55.9 x 35.6 cm. , size of sheet. [AW].

• A typical collage made from newspaper clippings from the renowned British newspaper *The Manchester Guardian Weekly*.
• In the 1960s, Robert Motherwell was at the height of his artistic career.
• Alongside artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Clifford Still, he was one of the most important figures of Abstract Expressionism.
• Collages from the 1960s are in renowned museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
LITERATURE: Jack Flamm, Katy Rogers, Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991. Collages and paintings on paper and paperboard, vol. III, New Haven 2012, CR no. C170 (illustrated in color on p. 113). - - William Doyle, New York, auction on May 5, 2010, lot 101 (illustrated on p. 65).

From the artist’s studio. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Arnold B. Rubinstein, 1973. Collection of Robert Motherwell, ca. 1974. Collection of Edward and Victoria Jemerin, New York (gifted by the artist in 1978). Estate of Victoria Jemerin, New York, 1983. Collection of William Doyle, New York. Collection and institution, Switzerland (likely acquired from the above in 2010). Private collection, Germany. From an Austrian collection (likely acquired from the above).

In good condition. Occasional minor scuffs along the edges and slight, tiny areas of color loss. The right edge of the sheet is somewhat irregular, likely due to studio handling. Partially slightly rubbed and with a few minor smudges. More frequent in the lower right area of the image with isolated traces of studio handling.