An outstanding abstract expressionist artwork by postwar artist Robert Motherwell. This artwork is from his Basque Series and is noted as #3 Black & Blue edition. The artwork is signed on the top and initialed RM on the bottom right with an annotation of 99/150. Edition created in 1970. A different number from this same edition is in the permeant collection of Tate Modern in London, England. Dimensions: 41.5h x 29.25w (framed). In excellent vintage condition. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) was part of the New York School in the late 1940’s and coined the term for the group of Abstract Expressionist artists working together in Manhattan such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Motherwell’s first one-man show was at Peggy Guggenheim in 1944 and in the same year the MoMA was the first museum to purchase one of his paintings. In the 1950’s he taught painting and his teachings influenced Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, and Kenneth Noland. He also was married to Helen Frankenthaler. Motherwell has been featured in several exhibitions at major museums globally. In recent years, Motherwell paintings have reached auction records up to $11 million.

41.5 x 29.25 in