Open No. 12 in Raw Sienna with Gray

© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware…
© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY
Open No. 12 in Raw Sienna with Gray
© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Open No. 12 in Raw Sienna with Gray

Date1968
Artist (American painter, 1915–1991)
MediumAcrylic and charcoal on canvas
Dimensions85 x 200 in. (215.9 x 508 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund and Partial Gift of the Dedalus Foundation, 1998
Object number1998-193
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextIn 1967, Robert Motherwell began his Open series of paintings and prints. The series was initiated when the artist noticed the arrangement of forms created by a small rectangular painting leaning against a larger one. Motherwell played with innumerable variations of this simple composition over several years. For the artist, the rectangles referenced windows and doors, suggesting both unbounded space and enclosure.
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