Drawing #8
Object Name
Category
Drawings
Date
1958
Medium
brown ink with graphite on paper
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from an Anonymous Donor, with support from the Dedalus Foundation, 1998
Object Number
98/90
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre
Overall: 29.2 × 36.8 cm (11 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
Mat: 40.6 × 54.6 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Mat: 40.6 × 54.6 cm (16 × 21 1/2 in.)
Signature
Signed on recto top right corner in brown ink and graphite: RM
Inscription
Inscribed on recto in top right corner in brown ink and graphite: RM; backboard in black felt tip marker: D58-39/ 65828. Blue felt tip marker, on backboard: CIA XA / M.F; backboard in graphite: INV: D39.41; PH 41-10
Markings
Gallery label on backboard: JUDSON ART WAREHOUSE / ... FLOOR / ROOM / PIECE / 2WT7379 / 496; Gallery label on backboard: OLLENDORFF FINE ARTS / FINE
ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS /... / Lot No .5935 Piece No. 752; Gallery label on backboard: KULICKE FRAMES INC. [no inscription]; Gallery label on backboard: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / ROBERT MOTHERWELL: WORKS ON PAPER / (ICE-F-112-67) / Drawing #8 (1958) / Sepia [in blue ball point ink, "India" crossed out] ink on paper / Lent by the artist / museum no. 65.828 / box no. 5; VI Biennial of The Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo, September-December 1961 / Robert Motherwell; 61.1350 / Drawing #8 / Sepia [in blue ball point ink, "India" crossed out] 11 3/8 (28.8) h.x/14 1/4
(36.2)w./ 1958 / The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art / VI Biennial Sao Paulo / Robert Motherwell / Drawing #8 / 61.1350 N-7 [last line crossed out]; Museum of Modern Art / loan 65.828 / Motherwell; Alfandega Martima of. 621061 /[Joncales ?] /vapor Argentina / "Drawing Number 8" Motherwell; Label on backboard: steven sloman fine arts photography SLO-730/-1051-B-10-19-78; No 16/ N; ALLIED / 35 / REG.NO.; 219 [orange stamp]
ART PACKERS AND SHIPPERS /... / Lot No .5935 Piece No. 752; Gallery label on backboard: KULICKE FRAMES INC. [no inscription]; Gallery label on backboard: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART / ROBERT MOTHERWELL: WORKS ON PAPER / (ICE-F-112-67) / Drawing #8 (1958) / Sepia [in blue ball point ink, "India" crossed out] ink on paper / Lent by the artist / museum no. 65.828 / box no. 5; VI Biennial of The Museum of Modern Art of Sao Paulo, September-December 1961 / Robert Motherwell; 61.1350 / Drawing #8 / Sepia [in blue ball point ink, "India" crossed out] 11 3/8 (28.8) h.x/14 1/4
(36.2)w./ 1958 / The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art / VI Biennial Sao Paulo / Robert Motherwell / Drawing #8 / 61.1350 N-7 [last line crossed out]; Museum of Modern Art / loan 65.828 / Motherwell; Alfandega Martima of. 621061 /[Joncales ?] /vapor Argentina / "Drawing Number 8" Motherwell; Label on backboard: steven sloman fine arts photography SLO-730/-1051-B-10-19-78; No 16/ N; ALLIED / 35 / REG.NO.; 219 [orange stamp]