The Three Clowns
Object Name
Category
Drawings
Date
1945
Medium
ink and opaque watercolour on paper
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from an Anonymous Donor, with support from the Dedalus Foundation, 1998
Object Number
98/79
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre
Dimensions
Overall: 28.6 x 36.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Signature
Signed and dated on recto top left corner in brown felt tip pen: RM 45
Inscription
Inscribed on recto top left corner in brown felt tip pen: RM 45; Backboard in black felt tip marker: INV. D 45-24617 / "The Three Clowns" / 1945; Backboard in blue ball point ink: ROBERT MOTHERWELL / © Dedalus Foundation; Backboard in black ball point ink: 18 B [circled]
Markings
Gallery Label, on backboard: JUDSON ART WAREHOUSE /. .. FLOOR / ROOM / PIECE / 2WT / 7379 / 51; Exhibition Label on backboard: ROBERT MOTHERWELL / The Three Clowns, 1945 / Ink and gouache on Strathmore / P& Company, / New York; Exhibition Label on backboard: THE MILWAUKEE ART CENTER/... Center Ring: The Artist / cat no. 71/ Robert Motherwell: The Three Clowns [The Three Clowns underlined]/ Lent by Private Collections