Je T'aime No. VIII (Mallarme's Swan: Homage)

© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware…
© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY
Je T'aime No. VIII (Mallarme's Swan: Homage)
© Robert Motherwell Estate. VAGA for ARS, New York, NY. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Je T'aime No. VIII (Mallarme's Swan: Homage)

Date1957
Artist (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 view
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.
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