Robert Motherwell
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BiographyBorn in Arberdeen, Washington, 1915
Died in Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1991 -
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WorksExhibitions
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Robert Motherwell: Lyric Suite
April 28 – June 4, 2022 297 Tenth Avenue, New YorkConceived by Motherwell as an enterprise of free and vigorous drawing, the Lyric Suite series was executed over the course of a few short weeks and consists of identically scaled compositions analogous to an extended series of musical variations. A virtuosic display of Motherwell’s graphic invention, the works possess a significant emotive power and represent a profound meditation on the history of drawing and of mark making itself.View More
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Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell
March 21 – May 18, 2019 509 West 27th Street, New YorkKasmin is pleased to announce Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell, opening March 21, 2019, at the gallery’s flagship space at 509 West 27th Street. This unprecedented exhibition will be the first to focus solely on Motherwell’s approach to large-format painting and will be comprised of eight works spanning the 1960s - 1990, including a core group of paintings from the collection of The Dedalus Foundation. This will be the fourth exhibition on which Kasmin and The Dedalus Foundation have collaborated.View More -
Robert Motherwell: Early Paintings
September 7 – October 28, 2017Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce a forthcoming exhibition of the early paintings of Robert Motherwell, which will open on September 7, 2017. Comprised solely of paintings from the 1940s and early 1950s, the exhibition will be one of only two such solo presentations to focus on the artist’s early explorations in painting, and the first in New York City.View More -
Robert Motherwell: The Art of Collage
April 14 – May 21, 2016 297 Tenth Avenue, New YorkPaul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce Robert Motherwell: The Art of Collage, on view at 297 Tenth Avenue from April 14 – May 21, 2016. The exhibition is comprised of uniquely important works from the artist’s lifelong exploration of collage, showing the unprecedented diversity of approaches Motherwell employed in advancing the medium.View More -
Robert Motherwell: Works on Paper, 1951 – 1991
October 30, 2014 – January 3, 2015Paul Kasmin Gallery is pleased to announce a comprehensive survey of Robert Motherwell works on paper, exploring four decades of the artist’s career from the 1950s through the 1980s. On view October 30 – January 3, 2015 at 515 West 27th Street, the exhibition is presented in partnership with the Dedalus Foundation. The collages, drawings and paintings on paper represent a thorough study of the materials and processes of one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th century.View More
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Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting featured in The New York Times
by Rebecca Schmid October 3, 2023 View More -
Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting reviewed in Brooklyn Rail
by Phong H. Bui September 1, 2023 View More -
Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné
Published by Yale University Press November 9, 2022 View More -
Announcing Exclusive Global Representation of Robert Motherwell
November 9, 2022 View More -
Robert Motherwell reviewed in Frieze
by Matthew Holman April 10, 2019In a show at Kasmin Gallery, New York, size reveals not the late painter’s ego, but rather his belief in personal engagementView More -
Robert Motherwell featured in Architectural Digest
by Katherine McGrath March 22, 2019A new solo exhibition on the artist at Kasmin gallery in New York takes a second look at the Abstract Expressionist painterView More -
Robert Motherwell reviewed in Hyperallergic
by Tim Keane December 13, 2014In 1950, when the painter Robert Motherwell invented the phrase “The School of New York,” he summed up its mission as “an activity of bodily...View More -
Robert Motherwell reviewed in ARTNews
by M.H. Miller October 20, 2014Paul Kasmin, the Chelsea gallery that represents contemporary artists such as Walton Ford, Nir Hod, and James Nares, will open an extensive survey of Robert...View More
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