The Times In Havana

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This work was started in 1979 and completed some time before being exhibited at the Harcus Krakow Gallery in May 1980. It was shown under the title Time Present and Time Past, which comes from the first line of T.S. Eliot's poem Burnt Norton of 1935, the first of his Four Quartets. The printed collage element, which has a newspaper motif, was torn from the same kind of fish and chips bag as the one used in Beside the Sea with Fish and Chips (C604) and other works. The painted out label within the black oval is from Mark, Fore & Strike, a sporting goods company.

The Times In Havana

Robert Motherwell

Artist: Robert Motherwell (1915-1991)
Title: The Times In Havana
Medium: Acrylic and collage on canvasboard
Date: 1979
Size: 61.0 x 30.5 cm (24 x 12 ins )
Inscriptions: Initialled and dated upper left
Provenance: Dedalus Foundation, NY; Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles
Certification: Dedalus Foundation Archive No: C79-2371
Exhibited: 'Robert Motherwell', Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, 1980; 'Contemporary American Collages, 1960-1986', Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amhurst, Nov 9 - Dec 11, 1987; and touring to William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, Conn, Jan 24-March 7, 1988; Leigh University Galleries, Leigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., March 27-May 8, 1988; Butler Institute of American Art, Youndstown, Ohio, September 11- October 23, 1988; Kansas City Art Institute, Mo., Nov 14 – Dec 24, 1988; University Art Gallery, State University of New York, Albany, Jan 24 – March 6, 1989; Nevada Institute of Contemporary Art, Las Vegas, March 27 – May 8, 1989; 'Robert Motherwell: The Open Door', Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico, Sept 9 - Oct 27, 1991
Literature: Caws, M.A., 'Robert Motherwell: What Art Holds', Columbia University Press, New York, 1996, p.149 (col. illus. p. 152); Flam, J., Rigers, K. & Clifford, T., 'Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonne 1941-1991', Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012, vol. III, p.301, C644; William Benton Museum of Art, cover illus. 1988; Windrow, K., Robert Motherwell: The Open Door, Museum of Fort Worth, 1992, p. 9 (col. illus.)
Reference: CC15-15