Poet II

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Motherwell

Title

Poet II

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1961–1962

Medium

Lithograph in black on white wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed recto lower right, in graphite: “Robert Motherwell”; inscribed lower left corner, in graphite: "11/35”; blind stamp lower left: “ULAE”

Dimensions

Image: 50.8 × 35.6 cm (20 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 75.3 × 53.8 cm (29 11/16 × 21 3/16 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

1982.848

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