Capriccio
Artist
Robert Motherwell
(American, 1915-1991)
CultureAmerican
Date1961
MediumCollotype and screenprint
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 19 3/4 in. (66 x 50.2 cm)
Overall, Image: 20 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. (51.8 x 39.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 20 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. (51.8 x 39.7 cm)
InscribedInitialed "RM" bottom right of plate; signed in pencil lower right "Robert Motherwell"; inscribed bottom left: Artists Own Series, "38/45" .
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2126.36
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a print of a mixed media drawing of 1960. It is prodominently black with yellow, red, and blue abstract lines and shapes.Label TextRobert Motherwell American (1915-1991) Capriccio, 1961 Collatype and silk screen, 26 x 19 3/4 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2126.36 Exhibition HistoryShown at Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, May - June 1978. "Robert Motherwell: An American Original," Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Va., November 20, 2003 - February 1, 2004. "The Nexus," Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, January 25 - April 28, 2013.Published References_The Prints of Robert Motherwell by Stephanie Terenzio; A Catalogue Raisonné, 1943-1984 by Dorothy C. Belknap_ (New York: Hudson Hills Press with American Federation of Arts, 1984), Appendix no. 1.
