ROBERT MOTHERWELL (1915-1991)
Untitled, from London Series I
screenprint in red, on J.B. Green paper, 1971, signed and annotated 'proof V/XI' in pencil (one of eleven proofs in Roman numerals, the edition was 150), published by Marlborough Graphics, Inc., New York, with the artist's blindstamp
Image: 36 x 24 in. (914 x 610 mm.)
Sheet: 41 x 28¹⁄₄ in. (1041 x 718 mm.)

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Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1991

Belknap 62; Engberg & Banach 90

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Lot Essay

Motherwell's next two projects at Kelpra Studio, London, involved suites of screenprints that explored variations of the Open theme in vertical and horizontal formats. The work at Kelpra and simultaneously at ULAE on A la pintura were new reflections on the surfaces and the inscribed rectangles of his Open paintings. In London Series I and II, the planar field was created wihout complicated adjustments. Each series builds the Open format differently; in London Series I, the lines are etched and suspended from the top of the page plane; in London Series II, the lines are created by the edges of each successive screenprinting.