Je T'aime No. VIII (Mallarme's Swan: Homage)
Date1957
Artist
Robert Motherwell
(American painter, 1915–1991)
MediumOil on linen
Dimensions41 3/4 × 39 3/4 in. (106 × 101 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund and Partial Gift of the Dedalus Foundation, 1998
Object number1998-192
On View
On viewCollections
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis painting is one in a series begun in 1955, distinguished by the inclusion of the French words "je t'aime" ("I love you") on the surface of the paintings. The image of a white swan's wing in the center of the canvas makes reference to the evocative writings of the French Symbolist poet, Stéphane Mallarmé, whose work the artist admired.
