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Robert Motherwell — Black with No Way Out
Robert Motherwell

Black with No Way Out

"Black with No Way Out" is a lithograph in colors by Robert Motherwell, created on TGL handmade paper as a full sheet impression. The work exemplifies Motherwell's signature gestural abstraction, combining bold black forms with chromatic elements to create a composition that balances painterly spontaneity with formal restraint. The title suggests psychological and emotional dimensions typical of Motherwell's Abstract Expressionist practice, where visual language conveys existential and emotional content through non representational means.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on TGL handmade paper, the full sheet.
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Literature: Tyler Graphics 434; Siri Engberg and Joan Banach 313

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Editions & Works on Paper

February 7, 2026

Estimate: $12,000$18,000

Sold: $12,255

Lot 146

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Robert Motherwell, Black with No Way Out

"Black with No Way Out" is a lithograph in colors by Robert Motherwell, created on TGL handmade paper as a full sheet impression. The work exemplifies Motherwell's signature gestural abstraction, combining bold black forms with chromatic elements to create a composition that balances painterly spontaneity with formal restraint. The title suggests psychological and emotional dimensions typical of Motherwell's Abstract Expressionist practice, where visual language conveys existential and emotional content through non representational means.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on TGL handmade paper, the full sheet.
Dimensions
37.8 x 95.9 cm
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Monochromatic composition, Large Scale Painting, Existential Themes, American Artist, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Abstraction, Dark and introspective, Oil on Canvas

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