Bidspirit auction | ATTR TO ROBERT MOTHERWELL AMERICAN

ATTR TO ROBERT MOTHERWELL AMERICAN ABSTRACT COLLAGE - Attributed to Robert Motherwell, American, 1915 to 1991, mixed media collage on paper. Abstract composition in primary colors. Signed upper left. Framed. Kulicke Frames Inc. label on the backside, hand-signed Moore. Robert Moore Kulicke, 1924 to 2007, was an American artist and frame maker most influential for modernizing the design of picture frames. He was a close friend of Robert Motherwell. Robert Motherwell was an American artist and seminal Abstract Expressionist painter. Influenced by the automatic writing and drawing prescribed by the Surrealists, Motherwells practice was characterized by an intuitive approach to painting. Motherwell studied at Columbia University with the art historian Meyer Schapiro. It was Schapiros encouragement that initially led the artist to start making paintings. During the early 1940s, he entered a milieu of young artists that included William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, and Willem de Kooning. Motherwell later taught Cy Twombly and Robert Rauschenberg at the famed Black Mountain College. After returning to New York, he met the painter Helen Frankenthaler in 1957, and they were married three years later. Collectible Modernist Fine Art, Abstraction, Mixed Media. Dimensions Frame 18 3/4 x 21 in. Image 16 3/4 x 19 in. All measurements are approximate Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.