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Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991): Beau Geste

For introduction and bibliography, click here.
Motherwell / Motherwell 2: Madrid Suite / Motherwell 3 / Motherwell 4: Beau Geste / Motherwell 5

Brinkman / Frankenthaler / Miró / Mitchell / Nevelson / Snyder / Tàpies
Beau geste I (B. 417) Original color lithograph, 1989. 100 signed & numbered impressions plus 25 Roman numbered impressions, 15 artists proofs, and 10 HC. Our impression was sent by Motherwell to Marcellin Pleynet, who wrote the text that accompanied the Beau Geste Suite as well as a monograph on Motherwell. Printed on Duchene Moutarde at Trestle Editions. Image size: 559x360mm. Price: SOLD.
Beau geste II (B. 418) Original color lithograph, 1989. 100 signed & numbered impressions plus 25 Roman numbered impressions, 15 artists proofs, and 10 HC. Our impression was sent by Motherwell to Marcellin Pleynet, who wrote the text that accompanied the Beau Geste Suite as well as a monograph on Motherwell. Printed on cream Arches at Trestle Editions. Image size: 559x360mm. Price: $4500.
Beau geste III (B. 419) Original color lithograph, 1989. 100 signed & numbered impressions plus 25 Roman numbered impressions, 15 artists proofs, and 10 HC. Our impression was sent by Motherwell to Marcellin Pleynet, who wrote the text that accompanied the Beau Geste Suite as well as a monograph on Motherwell. Printed on buff Arches at Trestle Editions. Full-page illustration in Stephanie Terenzio & Dorothy C. Belknap, The Prints of Robert Motherwell: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1943-1990 (NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1991), p. 18. Image size: 559x360mm. Price: $4750.
Beau geste IV (B. 420) Original color lithograph, 1989. 100 signed & numbered impressions plus 25 Roman numbered impressions, 15 artists proofs, and 10 HC. Printed on Duchene Moutarde at Trestle Editions. Image size: 559x360mm. Price: $4500.
Beau geste (B.422a) Original lithograph, 1989. 7000 impressions signed in the stone for English, French, and German editions of Marcelin Pleynet's Robert Motherwell. Unfortunately, the publisher went bankrupt, and almost all of the edition was sold in Europe. An elegant little gestural print. Image size: 299x238mm. Price: $500.

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