Robert Motherwell

Summertime in Italy

1960

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
oil paint and black pencil on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet (irreg.): 148.4 × 107.9 cm (58 7/16 × 42 1/2 in.) framed: 167.32 × 125.73 × 5.08 cm (65 7/8 × 49 1/2 × 2 in.)
Collection no.
1999.55.4
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Summertime in Italy — Robert Motherwell. 1960.

Medium: oil paint and black pencil on wove paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet (irreg.): 148.4 × 107.9 cm (58 7/16 × 42 1/2 in.) framed: 167.32 × 125.73 × 5.08 cm (65 7/8 × 49 1/2 × 2 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1999.55.4. 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.

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