Bidspirit auction | Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), Zapata Dead,

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), Zapata Dead, 1944, Ink And Gouache Drawing - Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991), Zapata Dead, 1944, Ink and Gouache on Paper. Signed and dated ”Robert Motherwell 44” lower right. Verso titled ”Zapata Dead” and bearing a San Francisco Museum of Art exhibition label identifying the medium as ”Drawing, ” museum number 1448.46, date received March 20, 1946, and lender as the artist. The title refers to Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary leader assassinated in 1919, and relates to Motherwell's early body of politically charged works concerning dead or assassinated historical figures. Included in Katy Rogers, Robert Motherwell Drawings: A Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II: Drawings, Yale University Press, catalog no. D82, Zapata Dead, p. 45. The medium, dimensions, signature, title, and verso inscriptions correspond to the catalog entry. Provenance: Private California collection. Exhibited: Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages, Drawings, January 2-19, 1946, no. 20. Arts Club of Chicago, Robert Motherwell: Paintings, Collages, Drawings, February 7-27, 1946, no. 29. San Francisco Museum of Art, Robert Motherwell, 1946; lent by the artist. Please note a visible mat line from previous framing around the perimeter, with pinholes at the corners (as photographed). Artwork approximately 4.87H x 6.87W in. Frame approximately 12.44H x 14.19W x 0.87D in. ALL CREDIT CARDS WILL BE MANUALLY VERIFIED PRIOR TO SHIPMENT.