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Robert Motherwell

Robert Motherwell, also known as Robert Burns Motherwell or Robert Burns Motherwell III, was an American painter and printmaker associated with Abstract Expressionism. He was born in 1915 and died in 1991.

The works listed by the Art Institute of Chicago feature a range of titles and dates: Wall Painting with Stripes (1944), The Mediterranean Sky (1961), Beside the Sea #34 and A Throw of the Dice #1 (1962–63), Gauloises Bleues (1968) and Tricolor (1973). This selection also includes the collage Collage With News from Zürich and Black Table (1956), Red 4-7, from A la pintura (1969) and published in 1972, as well as Art 1981 Chicago Print (1981).

This profile brings together identity references for Robert Motherwell and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

5 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Germann, Kornfeld. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Works recorded at auction

Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 117

Landscape of the Inner Mind, 1941

Tusche und Aquarell auf Papier auf Karton

Catalogue period : 2026-06-24

Published result : 22865 CHF

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : CHF 18000–22000

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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Lot 187

Untitled, 1971

Mixed media on paper

Original catalogue wording

Ohne Titel, 1971
Mischtechnik auf Papier

Catalogue period : 2023-06-21

Published result : 990 CHF

Including buyer’s premium

Estimate : CHF 800–1200

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Germann

Untitled, 1979

Ink on paper

Original catalogue wording

Untitled, 1979
Tusche auf Papier.

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Kornfeld

Schönberg

acrylic paint and graphite, mounted on masonite panel

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Kornfeld

High Tide

acrylic paint, mounted on hardboard

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

• Reference record
• ARTIC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• ICCD-ArCo · CC-BY-4.0; Ministero della Cultura / ICCD-ArCo
• MNAV · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
• Met · CC0
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• Met · CC0
• Met · CC0
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• MoMA · CC0
• NGA · CC0
• TOSCANA-CULTURA · Link only; descriptive content not reproduced; no open licence asserted.
• Documentary source

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19