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ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)

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Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year. Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year.
Open Study in Tobacco Brown197120 x 30 in.(50.8 x 76.2 cm) acrylic and charcoal on canvas
Provenance
The Dedalus Foundation, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, New York
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
Private Collection, United States/Toronto
Literature
Jack Flam, Katy Rogers, & Tim Clifford, Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: a catalogue raisonné 1941-1991, New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 2012, no. P610, pg. 317

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Robert Motherwell's "Open" series, which began in the late 1960s, represents a significant direction in his work, emphasizing openness and spatial complexity through minimalistic compositions. Based on the window as a metaphorical motif rich in introspection and intimacy, "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" is intended to reflect the relationship between the interior self and the external world. It also demonstrates a commitment to exploring the boundaries of abstraction, the interplay of forms, and the emotional depth of color. "Open Study in Tobacco Brown" was produced in 1971, a transitional year when the artist divorced wife Helen Frankenthaler and met German photographer Renate Ponsold, whom he would marry the following year.
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