Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), A Chord for Alban Berg

Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
A Chord for Alban Berg
signed with the artist's initials 'RM' (upper left)
acrylic on canvas
60 x 44 in. (152.4 x 111.8 cm.)
Painted in 1981-1982.

Provenance
Private collection, 1982
Private collection
Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2007

Literature
G. Drudi, Note Romane a Robert Motherwell, Milan, 1984, p. 77 (illustrated in progress, as Music for Alban Berg).
G. Drudi, Robert Motherwell Notes Romaines, Paris, 1988, p. 77 (illustrated in progress, as Music for Alban Berg).
J. Flam, K. Rogers, and T. Clifford, eds., Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné, 1941-1991, Volume Two Paintings on Canvas and Panel, New Haven, 2012, p. 508, no. P1048, (illustrated).