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Robert Motherwell drawing : as fast as the mind itself

Title

Robert Motherwell drawing : as fast as the mind itself / Edouard Kopp.

Author

Kopp, Édouard, 1974-

Publication

Houston : The Menil Collection, [2022]
New Haven : Yale University Press

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Description

173 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm.

Summary

Throughout his long and prolific career, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) sustained a fascination with making art on paper. His multifaceted drawing practice was an integral part of his search for a personal, spontaneous language of mark-making. Presenting works spanning from 'The Mexican Sketchbook' of the early 1940s to the 'Joyce Sketchbook' of the 1980s, this overview of Motherwell's work on paper highlights the way the artist embraced the suggestive potential of his materials-blending the accidental and the intentional in the creative gesture. Large-scale reproductions encourage close looking and immerse the reader in details such as a stroke of the brush or a tear of paper, while an essay by Edouard Kopp examines how the artist's practice of "automatic drawing" dovetailed with his love of paper and ink in the creation of these unique and compelling works. The book closes with Motherwell's own "Thoughts on Drawing" (1970). Exhibition: Menil Drawing Institute, Houston, USA (18.11.2022 - 12.03.2023).

Series Statement

Menil Drawing Institute series

Uniform Title

Menil Drawing Institute series.

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogs.

Note

Catalogue of the exhibition, The Menil Collection, Houston, November 18, 2022 - March 12, 2023.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQF 23-46

ISBN

9780300266542
0300266545

LCCN

2022909820

OCLC

1346316003

Author

Kopp, Édouard, 1974- author.

Title

Robert Motherwell drawing : as fast as the mind itself / Edouard Kopp.

Publisher

Houston : The Menil Collection, [2022]

Distributor

New Haven : Yale University Press

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Menil Drawing Institute series

Menil Drawing Institute series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Kopp, Edouard, author, curator.

Motherwell, Robert. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-46

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