ROBERT MOTHERWELL "HARVEST, IN SCOTLAND" 1973While Robert Motherwell (1915 1991) is known as one of the most important and influential artists associated with Abstract Expressionism, he is also revered for his work and promotion of printmaking. The inclusion of European cigarette graphics and labels from fine wines is one of the most distinctive aesthetic characteristics in his work. It also continues a tradition, established by Picasso and Braque during the heyday of Cubism, of incorporating

circa 1987

Provenance: Marlborough-Godard Gallery (Montreal and Toronto)

the Beaverbrook Gallery and Canada House (London)

and facial expression are strikingly human

General Idea arranged a collection of curiously tampered ephemera

Completed in bright deep brown

the Painted Flag

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He rose to prominence in the early 1980s in New York City and was part of a new generation of artists who returned to painting with an idiosyncratic approach to representation

Close’s portraits serve as a way of studying the human face—a kind of optical training for both artist and viewer

49"H 33"W (work)

applying his distinct approach to a range of wildlife