ROBERT MOTHERWELL "SUMMERTIME IN ITALY BLUE" 1966Robert Motherwell (1915 1991), alongside Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, made up the quartet of American abstract painters that radically defined abstraction and established New York City as the center of the post war art world. Motherwell was also the unofficial spokesman of the New York School, writing, teaching, and lecturing on behalf of the movement, his fellow artists, and the merits of abstraction. In the 1960s, Motherwell

she would settle in Todi in Umbria (Central Italy) by the 60’s where her principal studio would be situated

was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981

This moment between Jennifer and Mathieu evokes feelings of passion

paintings of this scale from Pachter are exceedingly rare

"Monument (to a Future Self)"

emphasizes the bird's powerful presence and significance

The result of this collaboration is gorgeously written prose accompanied by stunning works of art

Examples of the final product are now on display at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

"Aquafix" is represented in the collections at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art (New York)

Set against a dove-grey paper

Sugarlift aquatint

Edition: 23/70