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Robert Motherwell
Open #104 (The Brown Easel)1969

Not on view
Abstract painting with large rust-orange field and nested square outlines in thin dark lines, beside a flat slate-blue rectangle along the left edge

Robert Motherwell, Open #104 (The Brown Easel), 1969, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Daisy and Daniel Belin, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Leona Palmer, Marvel and Robert Kirby, Barbara and Buzz McCoy, Sandra and Jacob Terner, Anita and Julius L. Zelman, Patricia and Michael Forman, and Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mingst through the 1995 Collectors Committee and gift of the Dedalus Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Robert Motherwell
United States, Washington, Aberdeen, 1915-1991
Title
Open #104 (The Brown Easel)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1969
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
54 x 60 in. (137.16 x 152.4 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Daisy and Daniel Belin, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Leona Palmer, Marvel and Robert Kirby, Barbara and Buzz McCoy, Sandra and Jacob Terner, Anita and Julius L. Zelman, Patricia and Michael Forman, and Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mingst through the 1995 Collectors Committee and gift of the Dedalus Foundation
Accession Number
AC1995.53.1
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Ashton, Dore; J. Flam; Robert T. Buck. Robert Motherwell. New York: Abbeville Press, 1984.
Copyright
Art © [year] Dedalus Foundation, Inc. /Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY