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American | 1915 - 1991

Robert Motherwell was an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1915. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Annandale Galleries have featured Robert Motherwell's work in the past.Robert Motherwell's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 15 USD to 12,690,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 12,690,000 USD for At Five in the Afternoon, sold at Phillips New York in 2018. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 495,277 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 36,663 USD.Robert Motherwell has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for FAD Magazine in September 2025. The artist died in 1991.

Artist's alternative names: Robert Burns Motherwell, Robert Burns Motherwell III

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Featured for Sale

Untitled

By Robert Motherwell

Christopher-Clark Fine Art

America-La France Variations VII (large hand signed lithograph)

By Robert Motherwell

Gallery Art

RUNNING ELEGY II, YELLOW STATE ,1983

By Robert Motherwell

Palm Beach Modern Auctions

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RED, CUT BY BLACK ,1966

By Robert Motherwell

New England Elegy No. 3 - Robert Motherwell

New England Elegy No. 3 ,1967

By Robert Motherwell

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Elegy to the Spanish Republic (Basque Elegy)

By Robert Motherwell

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Untitled (State I ,1977

By Robert Motherwell

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From "Three Poems" by Octavio Paz - Robert Motherwell

From "Three Poems" by Octavio Paz ,1987

By Robert Motherwell

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Brasiliera ,1980

By Robert Motherwell

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ABYSS ,1978

By Robert Motherwell

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THE WAVE ,1978

By Robert Motherwell

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Paris Suite IV (Winter - Robert Motherwell

Paris Suite IV (Winter ,1979

By Robert Motherwell

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Current Exhibitions

Hyde House and the Permanent Collection

The Hyde Collection

Glens Falls | New York | USA

01 May, 2022 - 01 Jun, 2050

Six Degrees of Separation

Longview Museum of Fine Arts

Longview | Texas | USA

22 Feb, 2025 - 20 Dec, 2025

Toshiko Takaezu: Dialogues in Clay

Princeton University Art Museum

Princeton | New Jersey | USA

31 Oct, 2025 - 05 Jul, 2026

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Articles

Old Master Through Modern Prints at Swann Oct 30 ft. Part II of the Williams Collection of Color Woodcuts

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Coverage

鈥� ..Like the great masters, Motherwell's importance can be seen in his attempts at expressing something monumental... 鈥�
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Leslie Sacks Contemporary

鈥� ..Motherwell's politics and spirituality were welcome reminders of a time when one could make art that did not engage the cynicism of a post-modern era... 鈥�
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Leslie Sacks Contemporary

鈥� ..I don't look at Motherwell's work so much as experience it... 鈥�
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Annandale Galleries

鈥� ..Started in 1967, the Open paintings represent one of the two major series on which Motherwell worked over the course of his career... 鈥�
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Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

鈥� ..Beyond their generative practicality, the collages gave Motherwell a different mode of expression, one that was far more intimate, playful, and autobiographical... 鈥�
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Andrea Rosen Gallery

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