A la pintura: preface

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Motherwell

Title

A la pintura: preface

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1955–1982

Medium

Aquatint with sanding in yellow ochre, and lift-ground etching and aquatint in black, on white wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 39.9 × 44.3 cm (15 3/4 × 17 1/2 in.); Sheet: 56 × 75.3 cm (22 1/16 × 29 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

U.L.A.E. Collection acquired through a challenge grant of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dittmer; purchased with funds provided by supporters of the Department of Prints and Drawings; Centennial Endowment; Margaret Fisher Endowment Fund

Reference Number

1982.862d

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