Robert Motherwell
(American, 1915-1991)
Bastos, 1975
unique two color lithograph with additional acrylic wash painting by the artist on white Arjomari paper
signed and dated upper left Motherwell 15 March 75, published/printed by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Bedford Village
39 x 24in (99 x 61cm)
Provenance:
With Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Bedford Village, New York.
Property from a Private Beverly Hills Collector.

Literature:
Flam, Jack, Katy Rogers, and Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1941-1991, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012. Volume 3, see nos. C501 and C502, p. 238, illustrated (similar works of the same subject and year).

K. Tyler Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonne, 1974-1985, New York: Abbeville Press, 1987, 383: RM2, p.236. This (383RM2) is the nearest example to date the work offered here, which falls outside of Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1941-1991. Motherwell was known to hand color during the printing process with Ken Tyler (see 390:RM9, p. 238 entitled Djarum where a very similar corn flower blue is added around the primary printed image).

Matted and float framed. 46 x 29 1/2in (117 x 75cm) Very good to excellent overall, colors crisp and brilliant; hint of ink through toning to the verso, stray blue brush stroke over edge to right verso; edges and margins clean.