Motherwell, Robert. (1915–1991)
Early Sketches in his 1936 Stanford Binder
Remarkable item from the important American artist who was one of the leading figures of the abstract Expressionist movement. His 1936 Stanford University, 9.5" x 11.5" canvas 3 ring binder, dated and signed on both the outside and inside cover, and with some of his earliest sketches in ink, including heads, a hand gun, various abstractions, and inscriptions of his initials penned by Motherwell around the inner edges of the front board. Acquired from his mother's estate in Marin County, CA.Between 1932 and 1937 Motherwell briefly studied painting at California School of Fine Arts, San Francisco and received a BA in philosophy from Stanford University. (9235)
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