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Nocturne 1

Robert Motherwell

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Artist: Robert Motherwell
Title: Nocturne 1
Description: One of three prints from the Octavio Paz Suite, Robert Motherwell's Nocturne I is a masterful work of printed art. An original lithograph created on handmade paper laid then onto Arches paper, the print is hand-monogrammed by the artist in pencil, and numbered. It measures 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (64.8 x 54.6 cm), unframed, from the edition of 50 as issued. The artwork was published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, and printed by Trestle Editions Ltd., New York. It is designated as Belknap 354 / Engberg & Banach 415 in the artist's catalogue raisonne.
Date: 1988
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Edition of 50
Signature: Signed
Catalogue Raisonne: Belknap 354; Enberg & Banach 415
Sheet: 25 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (64.8 x 54.6 cm), unframed cm
Status: Available
Price: Price on request

The Artist

Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell: Painter, Writer and Prolific Printmaker

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), born in Aberdeen, Washington, was the youngest of the original Abstract Expressionists and its most intellectual voice. He studied philosophy and aesthetics before turning to painting, and he edited The Dada Painters and Poets (1951), a landmark anthology. His work draws on Surrealist automatism, French poetry and a deep feeling for the politics and tragedy of the 20th century. Robert Motherwell prints carry that mix of gesture, restraint and emotion into some of the most important American editions of the postwar period.