Artist Monograph

Robert Motherwell, American

Robert Motherwell is represented by 267 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as american, with dated works spanning 1941–1989.

American, 1915–1991

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Lithography	102	38.2%
Other Media	42	15.7%
Drawing	40	15%
Etching	33	12.4%
Oil Painting	17	6.4%
Screenprint	9	3.4%

Technique range

Robert Motherwell’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Lithography, with secondary engagement in Other Media, Drawing, Etching, Oil Painting, Screenprint.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 267 works produced between 1941 and 1989 attributed to Robert Motherwell, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 48 years, from 1941 to 1989.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Robert Motherwell is catalogued under American nationality. See the full American artists hub.

Contemporaries among American artists

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works at MoMA
3358
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works at MoMA
2199
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works at MoMA
1338
Lee Friedlander
works at MoMA
932
George Maciunas
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1915–1991 (76 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 150 shown of 267

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
The Little Spanish Prison Painting Acc. 343.1985	1941-44	Oil on canvas	27 1/4 x 17 1/8" (69.2 x 43.5 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Renate Ponsold Motherwell
The Mexican Sketchbook Drawing Acc. 644.1987.a-k	1941	Notebook with ink, watercolor, and pencil on paper	9 x 11 1/2" (22.9 x 29.4 cm) each	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from VVV Portfolio Drawing Acc. 1113.1964.9	1942, published 1943	Watercolor with ink from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print	composition: 2 15/16 x 7 3/8" (7.5 x 18.7 cm); sheet: 6 x 8 7/8" (15.2 x 22.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Pancho Villa, Dead and Alive Drawing Acc. 77.1944	1943	Cut-and-pasted printed and painted papers, wood veneer, gouache, oil, and ink on board	28 1/4 x 35 7/8" (71.7 x 91.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Western Air Painting Acc. 75.1950	1946-47	Oil and sand on canvas	6' x 54" (182.9 x 137.2 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Purchase (by exchange)
Personage, with Yellow Ochre and White Painting Acc. 15.1957	1947	Oil on canvas	6' x 54" (182.8 x 137 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Kootz
Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 1 Drawing Acc. 639.1987	1948	Ink on paper	10 3/4 x 8 1/2" (27.3 x 21.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Voyage Drawing Acc. 339.1955	1949	Oil, tempera, and charcoal on paper on board	48 x 94" (122.0 x 238.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller
Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 54 Painting Acc. 132.1961	1957-61	Oil on canvas	70" x 7' 6 1/4" (178 x 229 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Given anonymously
Capriccio Print Acc. 369.1962	1960	Collotype and hand-colored pochoir		Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Poet I Print Acc. 372.1962	1961–62	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 21 7/16 × 15 7/8" (54.5 × 40.3 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 3/16" (76.4 × 56.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Poet II Print Acc. 373.1962	1961–62	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 x 14 1/8" (50.4 x 35.9cm); sheet: 29 3/4 x 21 1/8" (75.5 x 53.7cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
A Throw of Dice, #1 Print Acc. 154.1985	1962-63, dated 1963	Lithograph	irreg composition 18 1/2 x 14" (47 x 35.6 cm) sheet 29 3/4 x 21 1/4" (75.5 x 54 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Monroe Wheeler
In Black with Yellow Ochre Print Acc. 363.1963	1963	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 13 7/8" (46 x 35.3cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 21 1/4" (76.1 x 54cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters) Print Acc. 139.1965.4	1964	Screenprint with collage additions from a portfolio of ten screenprints	composition: 21 15/16 x 15 15/16" (55.7 x 40.5cm); sheet: 24 x 20 1/16" (60.9 x 51cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Harry C. Oppenheimer (by exchange)
Automatism A Print Acc. 807.1965	1965–66	Lithograph	composition: 28 1/16 × 21 3/16" (71.2 × 53.8 cm); sheet: 28 1/16 × 21 3/16" (71.2 × 53.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Automatism B Print Acc. 808.1965	1965-66	Lithograph	irreg composition 25 7/8 x 21 1/4" (65.7 x 54 cm) sheet 30 x 21 1/4" (76.3 x 54 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Elegy to the Spanish Republic, 108 Painting Acc. 155.1970	1965-67	Oil on canvas	6' 10" x 11' 6 1/4" (208.2 x 351.1 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Charles Mergentime Fund
New England Elegy 2 Painting Acc. 1308.1968	September 1965-February 1966	Acrylic on canvas	6' 10" x 11' 7" (208.3 x 351.1 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of S. I. Newhouse, Jr.
Summertime in Italy (with Blue) Print Acc. 1013.1965	1965–66	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 22 3/8 × 17 5/16" (56.8 × 44 cm); sheet: 30 1/16 × 22 7/16" (76.4 × 57 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Summertime in Italy (with Crayon) Print Acc. 1015.1965	1965-66	Lithograph	irreg composition 19 3/8 x 14 1/4" (49.2 x 36.2 cm) sheet 30 1/16 x 22 1/8" (76.4 x 56.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Summertime in Italy (with Lines) Print Acc. 1014.1965	1965-66	Lithograph	irreg composition 21 5/16 x 15 15/16" (54.2 x 40.6 cm) sheet 22 1/4 x 17 1/8" (56.5 x 43.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.1-10	1965–66	Portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 22 3/16 x 30 1/8" (56.3 x 76.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled Print Acc. 555.1966	1965-66	Etching	plate: 23 11/16 x 17 3/4" (60.1 x 45.1cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 3/16" (76 x 56.3cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled Print Acc. 57.1984	(c. 1965-66, printed 1983)	Lithograph	Composition (irreg.): 27 1/2 x 21 5/16" (69.8 x 54.1 cm) Sheet: 29 3/4 x 41 9/16" (75.6 x 105.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.1	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 15 3/4 × 19 1/2" (40 × 49.6 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 3/16" (56.8 × 76.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.10	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 18 1/8 × 22 1/2" (46.1 × 57.2 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/16" (57 × 76.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.2	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 11/16 × 24 15/16" (50 × 63.4 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 × 30 3/16" (55 × 76.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.3	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 × 25 13/16" (50.3 × 65.5 cm); sheet: 22 5/16 × 30 3/16" (56.7 × 76.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.4	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 × 26" (50.3 × 66 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 1/8" (56.9 × 76.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.5	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 1/16 × 24 5/8" (48.4 × 62.5 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/16" (57 × 76.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.6	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 5/8 × 25 3/8" (49.8 × 64.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/2 × 30 1/8" (57.1 × 76.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.7	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 19 13/16 × 25 3/4" (50.4 × 65.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 3/16" (56.8 × 76.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.8	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 18 1/16 × 22 9/16" (45.8 × 57.3 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/16" (57 × 76.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from The Madrid Suite Print Acc. 1016.1965.9	1965–66	One from a portfolio of ten lithographs	composition (irreg.): 18 1/4 × 22 3/8" (46.4 × 56.9 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 30 1/16" (57 × 76.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 651.1987	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (23 x 28.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 652.1987	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11" (22.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 653.1987	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 x 9" (28.1 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 654.1987	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 (23.1 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 661.1987	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11" (22.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2379.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (23 x 28.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2380.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (23.1 x 28.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2381.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2382.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2383.1967	1965	Ink, colored ink, and gouache on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2384.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 x 9" (28.1 x 22.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2385.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2386.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2387.1967	1965	Ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2388.1967	1965	Ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2389.1967	1965	Ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 2390.1967	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (23 x 28.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 753.1966	1965	Ink and colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (22.9 x 28.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 754.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 755.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11" (22.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 756.1966	1965	Ink and colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 22.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 757.1966	1965	Ink and colored ink on paper	11 x 9" (28.1 x 22.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 758.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11 1/8" (23.1 x 28.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 759.1966	1965	Ink and colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 760.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 761.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 762.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 763.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	8 7/8 x 11" (22.8 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
Untitled from the series Lyric Suite Drawing Acc. 764.1966	1965	Colored ink on paper	9 x 11" (22.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist in memory of Frank O'Hara
West Islip Print Acc. 554.1966	1965	Lithograph	irreg composition 25 11/16 x 38 3/16" (65.2 x 97 cm) sheet 29 9/16 x 41 3/8" (75.1 x 105.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
West Islip Print Acc. 354.1971	1965-70	Lithograph, with synthetic polymer paint additions	irreg composition 29 11/16 x 41 3/8" (75.4 x 105.1 cm) sheet 29 11/16 x 41 5/8" (75.4 x 105.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled from 9 Print Acc. 2324.1967.6	1966, published 1967	Lithograph from a portfolio of nine lithographs (one with embossing)	composition: 19 13/16 × 14 7/16" (50.3 × 36.6 cm); sheet: 22 7/16 × 17 3/16" (57 × 43.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Untitled from New York International Print Acc. 275.1966.7	1966	Lithograph from a portfolio of seven screenprints, two lithographs, and one offset lithograph with objects in various media	composition (irreg.): 18 15/16 × 14" (48.1 × 35.5 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 x 17" (56 x 43.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Tanglewood Press
Untitled from Parole Peintes III Print Acc. 437.1969	1966	Etching and aquatint	plate 10 x 7" (25.4 x 17.8 cm) irreg sheet 15 1/8 x 11 1/4" (38.4 x 28.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous gift
NOCTURNE I (plate, folio 8 verso) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.1	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 3/4 x 10 11/16" (34.9 x 27.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE II (plate, folio 11 verso) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.2	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 3/4 x 10 11/16" (34.9 x 27.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE III (plate, folio 15) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.3	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 3/4 x 10 11/16" (34.9 x 27.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE IV (plate, folio 18) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.4	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE V (plate, folio 22 verso) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.5	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE VI (plate, folio 26 verso) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.6	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE VII (plate, folio 30) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.7	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
NOCTURNE VIII (plate, folio 32) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.8	(Drawing on mylar executed 1967)	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 13 11/16 x 10 11/16" (34.8 x 27.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
Open Drawing Drawing Acc. 2486.2005	1967	Ink on paper	11 1/2 x 14 1/2" (29.2 x 36.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Paris Review Design Acc. 2295.1967	1967	Silkscreen	34 1/2 x 26" (85.2 x 66.0 cm)	Architecture & Design	Gift of Page, Arbitrio and Resen
Plate (folio 13 verso) from In Memory of My Feelings Illustrated Book Acc. 92.1968.4	1967	One from an illustrated book with forty-six lithographs	composition (irreg.): 11 15/16 x 9" (30.4 x 22.8cm); page: 11 15/16 x 9" (30.4 x 22.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Museum of Modern Art Department of Publications
Plate (folio 58) from TRES POEMAS/THREE POEMS Illustrated Book Acc. 391.1988.23	1967-1987	Lithograph, printed in black	Japan sheet 10 9/16 x 13 11/16" (26.9 x 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Limited Editions Club
Preparatory drawing for In Memory of My Feelings Drawing Acc. 2202.1967.80	1967	Ink on acetate	14 x 10 7/8" (35.5 x 27.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Beside the Sea Drawing Acc. 1095.1969	1968	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	30 1/4 x 21 7/8" (77 x 55.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
BLACK 1-3 (in-text plate, folio 5) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.4	(Print executed 1968)	Aquatint and lift ground aquatint, printed in color	plate 22 1/8 x 12 1/4" (56.2 x 31.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Gauloises Bleues Print Acc. 1376.1968	1968	Aquatint with collage of Gauloises cigarette wrapper	plate 9 15/16 x 5 7/16" (25.3 x 13.8 cm) sheet 22 3/16 x 14 5/16" (56.3 x 36.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
In Beige, with White, 2 Drawing Acc. 1096.1969	1968	Cut-and-pasted paper on paper	30 1/4 x 21 7/8" (77 x 55.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Mezzotint in Crimson Print Acc. 293.1969	1968-69	Mezzotint	plate 8 7/8 x 5 15/16" (22.6 x 15.1 cm) sheet 24 13/16 x 19 3/4" (63 x 50.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Mezzotint in Indigo Print Acc. 294.1969	1968-69	Mezzotint	plate 8 3/4 x 5 7/8" (22.3 x 14.9 cm) sheet 20 x 16" (50.8 x 40.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Open No. 17: In Ultramarine with Charcoal Line Painting Acc. 1254.1969	1968	Synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on canvas	8' 3" x 16' 9" (251.4 x 510.3 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Open Number 24 in Variations of Orange Painting Acc. 1097.1969	1968	Synthetic polymer paint and charcoal on canvas	6' 9" x 9' 7 1/8" (205.6 x 292.3 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the artist
Open Study #8 Drawing Acc. 2487.2005	1968	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on paper	22 1/4 x 30 3/8" (56.5 x 77.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Open Study #8A (In Blue with Black Line) Drawing Acc. 2488.2005	1968	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	22 1/8 x 30 1/2" (56.2 x 77.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Spoleto Poster Print Acc. 1377.1968	1968	Screenprint	irreg composition 35 3/8 x 22 1/2" (89.9 x 57.1 cm) sheet 39 9/16 x 27 1/2" (100.5 x 69.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
BLACK 4 (in-text plate, folio 6) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.5	(Print executed 1969)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in black	plate 17 1/8 x 28 1/4" (43.5 x 71.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
BLUE 1-3 (in-text plate, folio 8) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.7	(Print executed 1969)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 18 1/8 x 10 3/4" (46 x 27.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
BLUE 5 (in-text plate, folio 10) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.9	(Print executed 1969)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 8 7/8 x 8 11/16" (22.5 x 22 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Juilliard School, Dedication-Lincoln Center, Oct. 26, 1969 Design Acc. 460.1976	1969	Lithograph	45 x 29 7/16" (114.2 x 74.7 cm)	Architecture & Design	Peter Stone Collection of Posters by Artists
Preface (in-text plate, folio 3) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.2	(Print executed 1969)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 15 3/4 x 17 9/16" (40 x 44.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
RED 4-7 (in-text plate, folio 14) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.13	(Print executed 1969)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 14 1/4 x 25 1/2" (36.2 x 64.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
TO THE PAINTBRUSH (in-text plate, folio 21) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.20	(Print executed 1969)	Soft ground etching and aquatint, printed in color	plate 9 15/16 x 15 11/16" (25.2 x 39.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
To the Palette for A La Pintura Print Acc. 14.1987	(1969)	Etching and aquatint	plate 5 1/8 x 10 3/8" (13.1 x 26.4 cm) sheet 29 11/16 x 22 1/4" (75 x 56.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
AFRICA 1 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.1	1970		composition 31 7/16 x 23 9/16" (79.8 x 59.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 10 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.10	1970		composition 31 15/16 x 23 11/16" (81.1 x 60.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 2 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.2	1970		composition 31 7/16 x 23 9/16" (79.8 x 59.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 3 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.3	1970		composition 31 13/16 x 23 9/16" (80.8 x 59.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 4 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.4	1970		composition 31 13/16 x 23 5/8" (80.8 x 60 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 5 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.5	1970		composition 31 11/16 x 23 11/16" (80.5 x 60.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 6 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.6	1970		composition 31 1/2 x 23 9/16" (80 x 59.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 7 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.7	1970		composition 31 3/4 x 23 9/16" (80.7 x 59.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 8 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.8	1970		composition 31 1/2 x 23 9/16" (80 x 59.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
AFRICA 9 from the AFRICA SUITE Print Acc. 426.1970.9	1970		composition 31 11/16 x 23 5/8" (80.5 x 60 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
Africa Suite Print Acc. 426.1970.1-10	1970	Series of ten screenprints	Various composition dimensions. Sheet (ea. approx.): 40 7/16 x 28 1/4" (102.7 x 71.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Marlborough Graphics, Inc.
Black Douglas Stone Print Acc. 359.1971	1970-71	Lithograph	composition 44 3/8 x 19 11/16" (112.7 x 50 cm) sheet 47 15/16 x 31 3/4" (121.9 x 80.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Celtic Stone Print Acc. 358.1971	1970-71	Lithograph	composition 32 1/8 x 23 3/8" (81.6 x 59.4 cm) sheet 41 3/8 x 29 5/8" (105.1 x 75.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Gauloises Bleues (White) Print Acc. 355.1971	1970	Aquatint and line-cut	2 plates composition 11 5/8 x 6 1/2" (29.5 x 16.5 cm) sheet 22 11/16 x 15 1/2" (57.6 x 39.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
The Aberdeen Stone Print Acc. 505.1971	1970-71	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 40 1/4 x 27 7/16" (102.2 x 69.7 cm); sheet: 40 1/4 x 27 7/8" (102.2 x 70.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Celeste and Armand Bartos Foundation
Untitled from Flight Print Acc. 367.2003.10	1970, published 1971	Screenprint from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and one screenprint	composition (irreg.): 23 1/8 × 16 7/8" (58.8 × 42.9 cm); sheet: 25 5/8 × 19 3/4" (65.1 × 50.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine Farley
BLACK 5-11 (in-text plate, folio 7) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.6	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 5 3/8 x 9 1/16" (13.6 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
BLUE 12-13 (in-text plate, folio 12) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.11	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 11 5/8 x 7 1/4" (29.6 x 18.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
BLUE 4 (in-text plate, folio 9) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.8	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 13 15/16 x 6 1/2" (35.5 x 16.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
BLUE 6-11 (in-text plate, folio 11) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.10	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint, lift ground aquatint, and etching, printed in color	plate 10 3/8 x 18 9/16" (26.4 x 47.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
End Page (in-text plate, folio 22) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.21	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and soft ground etching, printed in color	plate 14 1/4 x 27 7/16" (36.2 x 69.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Frontispiece from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.1	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and line block, printed in color	irreg composition 10 7/8 x 24 3/8" (27.7 x 61.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Gauloises Bleues (Raw Umber Edge) Print Acc. 357.1971	1971	Aquatint and line-cut	plate 11 5/8 x 6 9/16" (29.5 x 16.7 cm) sheet 22 15/16 x 15 1/2" (58.3 x 39.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Gauloises Bleues (Yellow with Black Square) Print Acc. 356.1971	1971	Aquatint, etching and line-cut	plate 11 5/8 x 6 1/2" (29.5 x 16.5 cm) sheet 22 3/4 x 15 7/16" (57.8 x 39.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Open on Two Whites Print Acc. 178.1973	(1971-73)	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 42 3/16 x 25 1/16" (107.2 x 63.7 cm); sheet: 48 x 31 11/16" (121.9 x 80.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
RED 1-3 (in-text plate, folio 13) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.12	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and lift ground aquatint, printed in color	plate 5 7/16 x 9 3/4" (13.8 x 24.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
RED 8-11 (in-text plate, folio 15) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.14	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and lift ground aquatint, printed in color	plate 23 5/8 x 26 13/16" (60 x 68.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Samurai Print Acc. 506.1971	1971	Lithograph	composition (irreg.): 42 5/16 x 34 9/16" (107.5 x 87.8 cm);sheet: 72 5/8 x 36 7/8" (184.5 x 93.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
TO THE PALETTE (in-text plate, folio 4) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.3	(Print executed 1971)	Lift ground aquatint, etching, and soft ground etching, printed in color	plate 4 15/16 x 10 1/8" (12.6 x 25.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
WHITE 1-2 (in-text plate, folio 16) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.15	(Print executed 1971)	Lift ground aquatint and etching, printed in black	plate 12 3/8 x 23 1/2" (31.5 x 59.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
WHITE 3-6 (in-text plate, folio 17) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.16	(Print executed 1971)	Etching, printed in color	plate 10 7/16 x 18 9/16" (26.5 x 47.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
WHITE 7-9 (in-text plate, folio 18) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.17	(Print executed 1971)	Aquatint and lift ground aquatint, printed in color	plate 13 5/8 x 12 11/16" (34.6 x 32.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
A La Pintura (To Painting) Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.1-21	1972. (Prints executed 1968-1972).	Illustrated book with nineteen aquatints, one etching and one soft ground etching	irreg. page 25 9/16 x 37 15/16" (65 x 96.5 cm) Prints: various dimensions.	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Collage with Ultramarine Blue Drawing Acc. 692.1981	1972	Oil on cut-and-pasted paper	28 7/8 x 22 7/8" (73.3 x 58.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Joseph Lebworth
Study for Shem the Penman #1 Drawing Acc. 646.1987	1972	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on board	11 3/4 x 11 3/4" (29.8 x 29.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Study for Shem the Penman #10 Drawing Acc. 659.1987	1972	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on paper	11 7/8 x 12" (30.2 x 30.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Study for Shem the Penman #3 Drawing Acc. 647.1987	1972	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on board	11 7/8 x 12" (30.2 x 30.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Study for Shem the Penman #4 Drawing Acc. 648.1987	1972	Charcoal and synthetic polymer paint on board	15 1/2 x 19 1/2" (39.4 x 49.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
WHITE 10-13 (in-text plate, folio 19) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.18	(Print executed 1972)	Soft ground etching, printed in color	irreg. composition 24 5/16 x 20 5/16" (61.8 x 51.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
WHITE 14-15 (in-text plate, folio 20) from A LA PINTURA/TO PAINTING Illustrated Book Acc. 313.1972.19	(Print executed 1972)	Aquatint and etching, printed in color	plate 17 9/16 x 23 1/4" (44.7 x 59.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Celeste Bartos
Soot-Black Stone #1-6 Print Acc. 392.1987.1-6	(1973)	Series of six lithographs	.1 comp: 76.3 x 30.7 cm sheet: 91.2 x 46.5 (irreg.) .2 comp: 76.0 x 45.9 cm sheet: 90.2 x 60.6 cm (irreg.) .3 comp: 76.0 x 45.9 cm sheet: 90.8 x 61.2 cm (irreg.) .4 comp: 76.1 x 45.7 cm sheet: 89.7 x 59.8 cm (irreg.) .5 comp: 76.0 x 45.7 cm. sheet: 90.5 x 60.5 cm. (irreg.) .6 comp: 76.1 x 30.5 cm. sheet: 91.5 x 46.7 cm. (irreg.)	Drawings & Prints	The Philip and Lynn Straus Foundation Fund
Tallith for Meyer Schapiro from For Meyer Schapiro Print Acc. 1358.1974.7	1973, published 1974	Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of four lithographs (one with embossing), three screenprints (one with stamp additions), two lithograph and screenprints (one with embossing), two etching and aquatints, and one duplicated drawing	plate: 35 9/16 x 23 3/4" (90.3 x 60.3 cm); sheet: 41 9/16 x 29 1/2" (105.5 x 74.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bagley Wright
Untitled (small brown and black) Print Acc. 425.1978	(1973)	Aquatint	plate 19 7/8 x 15 7/8" (50.5 x 40.3 cm) sheet 28 1/8 x 22 5/16" (71.4 x 56.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and Brooke Alexander, Inc.
Window from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso) Print Acc. 22.1987.39	1973	Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts	composition (irreg.): 15 1/8 x 19 7/16" (38.4 x 49.4cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 22 5/16" (76 x 56.7cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Dorothy Miller (by exchange)
Bastos Print Acc. 42.1995	(1974-1975)	Lithograph and photolithograph	composition 62 1/4 x 39 13/16" (158.2 x 101.2 cm) sheet 62 1/4 x 39 13/16" (158 x 101.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Riva Castleman Endowment Fund and Gift of the Dedalus Foundation
Dutch Linen I from the Dutch Linen Suite Print Acc. 375.1974	(1974)	Aquatint	plate 19 5/8 x 15 7/8" (49.9 x 40.3 cm) sheet 28 15/16 x 24 3/4" (73.6 x 62.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Dutch Linen II from the Dutch Linen Suite Print Acc. 376.1974	(1974)	Aquatint	plate 19 11/16 x 15 15/16" (50 x 40.5 cm) irreg sheet 29 1/16 x 24 7/8" (73.8 x 63.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Dutch Linen III from the Dutch Linen Suite Print Acc. 377.1974	(1974)	Aquatint	plate 19 3/4 x 15 7/8" (50.2 x 40.3 cm) sheet 28 13/16 x 25 1/8" (73.2 x 63.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund
Dutch Linen IV )from the Dutch Linen Suite Print Acc. 378.1974	(1974)	Aquatint	plate 19 3/4 x 15 13/16" (50.2 x 40.2 cm) irreg sheet 29 1/8 x 24 13/16" (74 x 63 cm)	Drawings & Prints	John B. Turner Fund

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Robert Motherwell are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 267 works attributed to Robert Motherwell.

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Based on MoMA's holdings, Robert Motherwell's most represented medium is Lithography.

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Robert Motherwell is catalogued as American in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Robert Motherwell's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Robert Motherwell span 1941 to 1989.