Robert Motherwell, The Red Queen (Belknap 414; Engberg & Banach 476), aquatint and etching with collage, 1989

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The Red Queen (Belknap 414; Engberg & Banach 476), 1989

aquatint and etching with collage

signed with initials and numbered 5/40 in the lower margin. Publisher: Robert Motherwell, New York, released by Waddington Graphics Ltd. London. Printer: Catherine Mosely, in the artist’s studio, Greenwich.

23.62 × 17.75 in (60.0 × 45.1 cm) (plate size)

Auction Estimate:$9,000 - $12,000

Sale date:June 14 - 28, 2022

Price Realized

$13,200

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

The title is a reference to the Red Queen in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. The fragment Motherwell uses in the composition is from his etching “Three Forms”.