Image courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

The French Line

Date1960

Maker Robert Motherwell American, 1915-1991

Object number2020.15.22

Provenance[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York]; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hunter {1965-1967}

Photo CreditImage courtesy of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection

Exhibition HistoryBuffalo, New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Robert Motherwell: Retrospective, Oct. 1, 1983 - Nov. 27, 1983 (Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jan. 4 - Mar. 4, 1984; San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Apr. 12 - June 3, 1984; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, June 21 - Aug. 5, 1984; Washington, D.C, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Sept. 8 - Oct. 28, 1984; New York, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Dec. 1, 1984 - Jan. 31, 1985). Cat. no. 37. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection of Modern Art, Mar. 4 - May 5, 1999 Pullman, Washington, Washington State University Museum of Art, Art and Context: the 1950s and 60s, Sept. 29 - Dec. 15, 2006. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, City of Tomorrow: Jinny Wright and the Art That Shaped a New Seattle, Oct. 23, 2020 - Jan. 18, 2021. Published ReferencesO'Hara, Frank. "Robert Motherwell: With Selections from the Artist's Writings." New York: Museum of Modern Art and Doubleday Press, 1965. Reproduced p. 56. Flam, Jack D. et al. “Robert Motherwell.” New York: Albright-Knox Gallery, Abbeville Press, 1983. Reproduced p. 80. Bruce, Chris and Keith Wells. “Art & Context: The ‘50s and ‘60s.” Pullman, Washington: Museum of Art, 2006. Reproduced pp. 44-45.

Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum

Dimensions28 3/8 x 22 1/2 in. (72.1 x 57.2 cm)

MediumPaper and paint collage