La Fontaine's Fables (Tortoise)
Object Name
Category
Drawings
Date
1945
Medium
pen and ink on paper
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from an Anonymous Donor, with support from the Dedalus Foundation, 1998
Object Number
98/72
Location
Not currently on display
Dimensions
Overall: 16.5 x 12.7 cm (6 1/2 x 5 in.)
Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings
Signature
Signed on verso in brown ink: Motherwell / 1945
Inscription
Inscribed on verso in brown ink: Motherwell / 1945; verso in graphite: 7785 B [circled]; strainer in felt tip marker: D7785; strainer in graphite: 6 1/2 " x 5 INV. D 14 AI; strainer in black felt tip marker: D45-14; strainer on sticker in black ball point ink: 1945 / 40-6; label on frame on masking tape in graphite: MOTHERWELL 7785--11-B15; Backmat in graphite: B [sideways] / PH 40-6
Markings
Gallery Label on strainer: JUDSON ART WAREHOUSE/. . FLOOR / ROOM / PIECE / AN20 / 7379 / 1746; Gallery Label on strainer: Janie C. Lee Gallery ... Houston, Texas / ... ROBERT MOTHERWELL 79.186 [crossed out] / CONH 79.337 / "LA FONTAINE'S FABLES" / 1945 / INK ON RAG PAPER / 6-1/2" X 5"; Gallery Label on strainer: JANIE C. LEE Master Drawings ... New York, NY / ... CONH 79.337 / ROBERT MOTHERWELL / LA FONTAINE'S FABLES / 1945 / INK ON RAG PAPER / 6-1/2" X 5"; backmat gallery stamp: Janie C. Lee Gallery; Window mat on verso: 2 3/4 11/15 Mother- WS 7785 B; label on frame in punch type ribbon tape (e.g. Dymo Brand): Motherwell