About this artwork
The beautiful Gauloises cigarette package inspired Motherwell to employ it as a motif in numerous prints and collages throughout his long career.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Robert Motherwell
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Title
- Gauloises Bleues
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Origin
- United States
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Date
- 1968
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Medium
- Aquatint in cream, with collage of Gauloises cigarette label, laid down on white wove paper
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Dimensions
- 249 × 137 mm (image/plate); 565 × 360 mm (sheet)
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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
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Reference Number
- 1982.851
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