{"product_id":"robert-motherwell-london-series-ii-mango-1971","title":"ROBERT MOTHERWELL \"LONDON SERIES II (MANGO)\" 1971","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"id6\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ca title=\"Toronto art gallery collection featuring artwork by iconic abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/robert-motherwell\"\u003eRobert Motherwell\u003c\/a\u003e (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of abstract painters that radically defined Modern painting in America and established New York City as the new center of the art world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile Motherwell is known for his gestural works, he did not resist the influence of Minimalism in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Regardless of the era, an essential component of his practice was working with abstract fields of (dark) negative space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis screenprint is a fine example from the artist's London Series II comprised of 5 iconic minimal prints. The group expounds on \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMotherwell's Open theme, arguably one of the most minimal bodies of work from his oeuvre.  Whether solid or delicately outlined, simple squares and rectangles represent windows or openings to a world beyond. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMany connoisseurs associate rich saturated fields or gestures of black with Motherwell. Yet most of the Open series employ bright optimistic colors whether primary or almost pastel. Here Motherwell works with a muted mango orange and a bright robin's egg blue. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMotherwell's contribution to the art historical canon is undisputed. This recognition is imbued as a result of his prolific achievements in printmaking. He is revered as one of the most experimental and courageous printmakers of the 20th century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:info@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\" target=\"_blank\"\u003evisit our Toronto gallery\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLondon Series II: Untitled (teal)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScreenprint on white J.B. Green mould-made Double Elephant paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned \"RM\" in pencil lower right; signed \"Motherwell\" in screen lower left\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom an edition of 150 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Marlborough Graphics Inc., New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted by Chris Prater, Kelpra Studio, London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e28.5\"H 41\"W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: The Dedalus Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue Raisonné: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dedalusfoundation.org\/robert-motherwell\/catalogues-raisonne\/prints-editioned-works\/view\/cr-97-london-series-ii-untitled\/\"\u003eCR 97\u003c\/a\u003e (Concordance B 68)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Robert Motherwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67606296428780,"sku":"09-26","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Robert-Motherwell-London-Series-II-II_01.jpg?v=1790871562","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/robert-motherwell-london-series-ii-mango-1971","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}