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Property from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Robert Motherwell

Black and White Plus Passion

Session begins in

November 19, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 700,000 USD

Bid

450,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Martin Z. Margulies Collection

Robert Motherwell

1915 - 1991


Black and White Plus Passion

oil on canvas

50 ¼ by 80 ⅛ in.

127.6 by 203.5 cm.

Executed in 1958.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above in 1959)

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. (acquired as a gift from the above in 1966)

M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York

Acquired from the above in 1981 by the present owner

New York, Coliseum, National Home Furnishings Show, August 1958

Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Inaugural Exhibition, October 1974 - September 1975, no. 696, p. 479, illustrated in color

Akron Art Institute, Ten Paintings & Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum, July - August 1978

Coral Gables, University of Miami, The Lowe Art Museum, Abstract Expressionist American Paintings in Miami Collections, October - November 1985

Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments, September - November 1987, no. 44, p. 210, illustrated in color

Miami, The Art Museum at Florida International University, American Art Today: Images from Abroad, February - March 1996

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting, June - September 2023, no. 28, n.p., illustrated in color

Miami, The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Motherwell, Segal, Stella, October 2023 – April 2024

Katherine Hinds, The Martin Z. Margulies Collection: Painting and Sculpture, Miami 2008, p. 198

Jack Flam, Katy Rogers and Tim Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941-1991, vol. II, New Haven 2012, no. P170, p. 107, illustrated in color

Katherine Hinds, ed., Martin Z. Margulies Collection, vol. 1, Bologna 2018, no. 27, pp. 58-59, illustrated in color