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Student Union Collection |
Robert
Motherwell
American, 1915
Blue/Green, 1984
tapestry
116” x 96”
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Blue/Green is a hand woven wool tapestry based on a painting by the Abstract
Expressionist Robert Motherwell. Motherwell collaborated on his
tapestries with Gloria F. Ross, sister of his third wife, artist
Helen Frankenthaler. Gloria Ross, a widely known tapestry maker,
sought to bring artists and weavers together to create contemporary
wall hangings. Professionals in France or Scotland wove the tapestries,
although Motherwell and Ross played a hands-on roll in the entire
process. Like his paintings, Blue/Green is an abstract work that
has thematic content. Motherwell always stressed that “his
is an art of subjects”. Landscapes were a popular theme
for the artist in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
The blue and green in this work come from Motherwell’s
childhood in California and symbolize the grass, sky and sea.
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