Robert Motherwell

Gauloises Bleues
1968

A piece of artwork featuring a torn label from a pack of Gauloises cigarettes, centered on a beige rectangular background, which is itself centered on a larger white paper. The label is predominantly blue with white text and the image of a winged helmet. Above the label, a small rectangular piece of paper with a printed design is attached with blue tape. Handwritten text and numbers are visible at the bottom of the white paper.
A piece of artwork featuring a torn label from a pack of Gauloises cigarettes, centered on a beige rectangular background, which is itself centered on a larger white paper. The label is predominantly blue with white text and the image of a winged helmet. Above the label, a small rectangular piece of paper with a printed design is attached with blue tape. Handwritten text and numbers are visible at the bottom of the white paper.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint, etching, and collage

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 22 1/4 × 14 5/16in. (56.5 × 36.4 cm) Plate: 9 7/8 × 5 3/8in. (25.1 × 13.7 cm)

Accession number
68.72

Edition
3/75 | 4 Proofs

Publication
Printed by Donn Steward; published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Inc.

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Stanley and Renie Helfgott

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

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