Calligraphic Open, 1974

  • Robert Motherwell, American, 1915-1991

Acrylic and charcoal on canvas

  • Unframed: 91 × 144 inches (231.1 cm × 3 m 65.8 cm)
  • 91 1/8 × 144 3/8 × 1 3/4 inches (231.5 cm × 3 m 66.7 cm × 4.4 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, the Maxwell and Marjorie Jospey Fund, and partial gift of the Dedalus Foundation

1995.28

Signed and dated, lower left: R. Motherwell | [illegible...possibly 10 April 74]

1995-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Robert Motherwell, Calligraphic Open, 1974, acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, the Maxwell and Marjorie Jospey Fund, and partial gift of the Dedalus Foundation, 1995.28.