Robert Motherwell

Personnage
1943–1944

A black and white abstract etching depicting a simplified, stick-figure-like form with a circular head and two large circles for eyes. The figure has a rectangular torso with a cross shape inside and linear limbs. The background is textured with smudges and marks. The artwork is titled "Personage (first state)" and is signed "R. Motherwell 1944" at the bottom. The paper has rough, uneven edges.

A black and white abstract etching depicting a simplified, stick-figure-like form with a circular head and two large circles for eyes. The figure has a rectangular torso with a cross shape inside and linear limbs. The background is textured with smudges and marks. The artwork is titled "Personage (first state)" and is signed "R. Motherwell 1944" at the bottom. The paper has rough, uneven edges.

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Date
1943–1944

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 14 × 9 5/8in. (35.6 × 24.4 cm) Plate: 11 3/4 × 7 13/16in. (29.8 × 19.8 cm)

Accession number
97.109.6

Edition
Proof | First state

Publication
Printed by Atelier 17

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/11539

Exhibitions

New Additions: Prints for an American Museum Part I

Oct 30, 2003–Jan 24, 2004

Robert Motherwell
19 works in the collection

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