{"product_id":"robert-motherwell-summertime-in-italy-blue-1967","title":"ROBERT MOTHERWELL \"SUMMERTIME IN ITALY BLUE\" 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/robert-motherwell\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eRobert Motherwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e (1915-1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and established New York City as the center of the post-war art world.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMotherwell was also the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the 1960s, Motherwell visited Italy on vacation with his then-wife, Helen Frankenthaler. Motherwell was enamoured with the palette of the Italian sky and landscape, specifically in the mountainous Liguria region, which inspired a series of paintings, \"Summertime in Italy\". \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith the same title, this exceptional lithograph, carries the same commanding elegance and simplicity. To create this work Motherwell applied a French transfer paper coated with gum solution to mask the image out of the background, creating an inverted effect. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe sky blue background contributes to a serene and contemplative composition. This piece serves as a distinctive output from this important body of work. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMotherwell's work appears in museum collections around the world and is instantly recognizable for its boldness and black forms. Motherwell is also revered as a printmaker. He is one of the most innovative and prolific printmakers of the 20th century. He was always searching for new techniques, whether at his own printmaking atelier or collaborating with others, to expand his ideas and express his aesthetic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eQuestions about this piece? Contact us or call +1.416.704.1720.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\"Summertime in Italy with Blue\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUSA, 1966\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLithograph on Arches Cover paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSigned \"Motherwell\" in pencil lower right\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEdition: AP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e30\"H 22.25\"W (work)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePublisher: Hollander Workshop, New York\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Kasmin (NYC) \/ The Dedalus Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNote: this work is sold unframed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Motherwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47733196554476,"sku":"09-23x2-08-24","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Robert-Motherwell-Summertime-in-Italy-_withBlue_-1966_icon_d939898a-174a-40d1-a06b-1063dff3787e.jpg?v=1695126918","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/robert-motherwell-summertime-in-italy-blue-1967","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}