Harvard Art Museums > 1959.18: Wall Painting Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Wall Painting (Robert Motherwell) , 1959.18,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228180. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1959.18 People Robert Motherwell, American (Aberdeen, WA 1915 - 1991 Provincetown, MA) Title Wall Painting Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1950 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228180 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on composition board Dimensions 108.3 x 147.3 cm (42 5/8 x 58 in.) framed: 112.1 x 151.1 x 3.2 cm (44 1/8 x 59 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: On verso, in graphite or charcoal: t Motherwell 1951 Wall Painting inscription: On verso, in graphite or charcoal: Box-2- inscription: On verso, in white chalk: [number cut off by frame] / Kootz Chicago 13 [encircled] Kootz label: On verso: W.S. Budworth & Son Inc. Packers and Shippers of Works of Art 424 West 52nd St., New York, NY. 13 label: On verso, u.r.: Collection of G. David Thompson Robert Motherwell "Wall Painting" Size: 58 x 42 5/8" Oil on canvas label: On verso: Yamato Transport Co. LTD. Fine Arts Division Japan Exhibit, Modern Art at Harvard Case No. 23 Catal No. 54 inscription: On verso, in graphite: C1582 [encircled] label: On backing board: Modern Art at Harvard [outgoing loan label] Provenance Recorded Ownership History G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958 Copyright © Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1959 Object Number 1959.18 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jack Flam, Robert Motherwell paintings and collages: catalogue raisonne, 1941 – 1991, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven, CT, 2012), pp. 62-63, 200-201 Exhibition History American Art, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/08/1960 - 02/15/1960 Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977 Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000 Re-View: European and American Art Since 1900, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/03/2011 - 06/01/2013 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
