Robert Motherwell

Tallith for Meyer Schapiro
1973

A framed abstract artwork featuring three black brushstroke shapes on an off-white paper background. The brushstrokes are irregular and vary in size, with the largest at the top, a medium one in the middle, and the smallest at the bottom. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.
A framed abstract artwork featuring three black brushstroke shapes on an off-white paper background. The brushstrokes are irregular and vary in size, with the largest at the top, a medium one in the middle, and the smallest at the bottom. The artist's signature is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1973

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 41 1/2 × 29 1/2in. (105.4 × 74.9 cm) Plate (sight): 35 1/2 × 23 3/4in. (90.2 × 60.3 cm)

Accession number
2016.220

Series
For Meyer Schapiro

Edition
62/100

Publication
Published by Committee to Endow a Chair in Honor of Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York; printed by Catherine Mosley

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Susan and Arthur Fleischer

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

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