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For Meyer Schapiro: Tallith for Meyer Schapiro

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: For Meyer Schapiro: Tallith for Meyer Schapiro
  • Series/Portfolio: For Meyer Schapiro
  • Artist: Robert Motherwell (American, Aberdeen, Washington 1915–1991 Provincetown, Massachusetts)
  • Printer: Catherine O. Mosley (American, 20th century)
  • Publisher: The Committee to Endow a Chair in Honor of Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York
  • Date: 1973
  • Medium: Lift-ground etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: Plate: 35 9/16 × 23 3/4 in. (90.3 × 60.3 cm)
    Sheet: 41 9/16 × 29 1/2 in. (105.5 × 75 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Thomas B. Hess, in memory of Audrey Stern Hess, 1974
  • Object Number: 1974.667.7
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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