Art, literature & historyBlack Shapes
1961
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
- overall: 73.7 x 58.4 cm (29 x 23 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1999.55.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Black Shapes — Robert Motherwell. 1961.
Medium: gouache on paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 73.7 x 58.4 cm (29 x 23 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1999.55.2. The Nancy Lee and Perry Bass Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.