The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 2, 2023

Beside the Sea No. 17

1962

Robert Motherwell

(American, 1915–1991)

America

Oil on paper

Sheet: 74.1 x 58.2 cm (29 3/16 x 22 15/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan 2016.631

© Dedalus Foundation, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Catalogue raisonné: Flam, Rogers, Clifford III.473.W140

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Upper right, in graphite: RM 62; lower center, greasy black medium: Motherwell [partially painted over]; lower right corner, in graphite: 17; Inscription on back of frame (on backing board), in red marker: Holo [?; text partially covered by tape] No. 342 \ oil [circled] \ "Beside the Sea, #17" \ Robert Motherwell \ 1962; typed on paper adhered to backing board: 9447 / Motherwell / Beside the Sea No. 17, 1962 / Oil 29 x 23”

Exhibition history

Solo exhibitions: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, December 1962, ca. no. 33 (on checklist; not in catalogue). Group Exhibitions: Art Institute of Chicago, January 1963, ca. no. 61. Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972, cat. no. 70

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2016.631