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Robert Motherwell — Untitled, from "Peace Portfolio I"
Robert Motherwell

Untitled, from "Peace Portfolio I"

1970

This minimalist lithograph features a single bold black gestural mark against a pristine white ground. Created as part of Motherwell's Peace Portfolio I, the work exemplifies Abstract Expressionism's emphasis on the expressive power of form and material. The organic, calligraphic stroke suggests movement and spontaneity while maintaining strict compositional restraint. Executed on BFK Rives paper, the print demonstrates the artist's masterful use of lithographic technique to achieve varying densities within the black mark. The spare composition invites contemplation of absence, presence, and the symbolic potential of elemental mark-making.

Medium
Lithograph on BFK Rives
Dimensions

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Provincetown Art Association & Museum Benefit Auction

May 16, 2026

Estimate: $1,500 to $2,000

Lot 60

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Robert Motherwell, Untitled, from "Peace Portfolio I", 1970

This minimalist lithograph features a single bold black gestural mark against a pristine white ground. Created as part of Motherwell's Peace Portfolio I, the work exemplifies Abstract Expressionism's emphasis on the expressive power of form and material. The organic, calligraphic stroke suggests movement and spontaneity while maintaining strict compositional restraint. Executed on BFK Rives paper, the print demonstrates the artist's masterful use of lithographic technique to achieve varying densities within the black mark. The spare composition invites contemplation of absence, presence, and the symbolic potential of elemental mark-making.

Medium
Lithograph on BFK Rives
Dimensions
66 x 53.3 cm
Year
1970
Seen at
Eldred's, East Dennis, Massachusetts, United States

Related themes

Avant Garde, Conceptual, Sketch Like, Post War Art, Calligraphic, Gestural Mark, Abstract Expressionism, Black And White, Spontaneous Mark, Modernism, Peace Portfolio, Symbolic Art, Expressionist, Contemporary Art, American Art, Monochromatic, Paper Print, Lithograph, Minimalism, Reductive

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Collected by

Alex Capecelatro, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Kyle Stewart