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Beside the Sea #31

Artist Robert Motherwell (American ; 1915-1991)
Copy Right Holder VAGA at Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York
Date1962
Dimensionssheet: 29 x 22 7/8 in. (73.6 x 58.1 cm)
frame: 36 9/16 x 30 11/16 in. (92.8 x 78 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DRAWING
Credit LineGift of Prof. and Mrs. S. Lane Faison Jr.
Terms
  • abstract
Object number86.16
Inscribedu.r. in pencil: RM 62; l.r. in pencil: 31 on verso in pencil: 516.64
On View
Not on view
Provenancethe artist, 1962-1966, to his friend; S. Lane Faison, Jr., 1966-1986; to present collection
Exhibitions
Exhibition History"One Hundred Master Drawings from New England Private Collections". Hartford, CT: The Wadsworth Atheneum, ?-?, 1973.

"Second Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition". New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, April 1-24, 1976, traveling thru June 13, 1976.

"American Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, July 2-August 14, 1988.

"Drawing Out: Works for Artists". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, Sep 24, 1994-Feb 24, 1995.

"Celebrating 75 Yeaers: Masterpieces from the Collection". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, Feb 3, 2001-Dec 12, 2010 (rotating works).

"Reflections on a Museum: Don't Fence U.S. In: Crossing Boundaries in American Art". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, Feb 3, 2011-June 9, 2013.

"American Art: 1950-1975". Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, Jan 26-Oct 27, 2014.

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