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Robert Motherwell

American, 1915-1991

The August Sea #6

The August Sea #6

The August Sea #6, 1972

acrylic on canvas

support: 71 3/4 x 53 7/8 inches (182.245 x 136.8425 cm); framed: 73 1/2 x 55 3/4 inches (186.69 x 141.61 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1972

K1972:13

Inscriptions:

inscription / back / The August Sea #6 R. Motherwell 1972

signature / upper right / R M 72

Provenance:

from the artist to Lawrence Rubin Gallery, New York, 1972;
purchased by Seymour H. Knox, Jr. and presented to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, December 1972

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Acrylic painting (visual work)

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