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Artist/Maker
Robert Motherwell
(American, 1915 - 1991)
Publisher
Robert Motherwell
(American, 1915 - 1991)
Printer
Catherine Mosley
Date1980
MediumEtching and aquatint
DimensionsPlate: 11 7/8 × 19 3/4 in. (30.2 × 50.2 cm)
Composition: 11 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. (29.8 × 50.2 cm)
Sheet: 20 1/4 × 27 11/16 in. (51.4 × 70.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1991.150
Not on view
DescriptionBrushed aquatint from one copper plate printed in green and lift-ground etching and aquatint from one copper plate printed in black on Dutch etching paper
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
1994
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition,” September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure);
1993
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Robert Rauschenberg and His Contemporaries: Works from the Collections of Martina Hamilton and Hamilton College," September 17 - October 31, 1993;
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no 156).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition,” September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure);
1993
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Robert Rauschenberg and His Contemporaries: Works from the Collections of Martina Hamilton and Hamilton College," September 17 - October 31, 1993;
1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no 156).
Provenance
1991: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Philip W. Abell.
Published References
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College,, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions").
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.156).
FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College,, vol. 1, no. 5, April 1993, "Acquisitions").
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.156).
Signature
Signed "RM" at upper right in black pen.
Inscribed
Editioned "a / p VIII / X" at upper right in black pen, in artist's hand.
Hendrick Goltzius
Date: 1592
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1992.56
Robert Motherwell
Date: 1981
Medium: Lift-ground etching and aquatint
Object number: 1992.2
Henry Moore
Date: 1969 (published 1970)
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1988.21
Helen Frankenthaler
Date: 1985 (published 1987)
Medium: Aquatint and sugar lift etching, lithograph and screenprint
Object number: 1989.13
William Majors
Date: 1970-71 (printed 1985)
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 2006.9.1
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn
Date: c. 1652
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1984.22