Robert Motherwell

Renate Ponsold Motherwell/John Scofield The practice is not new. in 1978, John Scofield, right, and Bob Bigelow , left, worked on Robert Motherwell 's 'Reconciliation Elegy,' here creating the full-scale layout on the floor in the studio.

Art with Some Assistants 2011

Detail of painting in Elegy to the Spanish Republic series by Robert Motherwell.

Forgery row exposes murky goings-on of trade in fine art 2011

Mr. Flam, an art historian and former art critic for this newspaper, is the president of the Dedalus Foundation, which is working on a catalogue raisonné of Robert Motherwell's work.

Defending the Integrity of an Artist's Life's Work Jack Flam 2011

Robert Motherwell 1915-91 Motherwell let his assistants participate in the painting, but then revamped what they did to introduce his own style, according to a former assistant.

With a Little Help From Their Friends 2011

Thick red lines drawn across the metal like Robert Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic series-you would have to look hard for meaning in such simplicity.

The 11th Arrondissement Judith Ossello 2011

In a settlement reached two months ago, the foundation was allowed to stamp the painting with the words "not an authentic work by Robert Motherwell but a forgery," and was even reimbursed for legal expenses.

Defending the Integrity of an Artist's Life's Work Jack Flam 2011

Corbis The catalogue raisonné, an obscure art historian's tool, can help determine a work's authenticity, as in recent cases involving paintings claimed to be by Robert Motherwell.

Defending the Integrity of an Artist's Life's Work Jack Flam 2011

The exhibit ranges from well-known artists like Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell to artists who are rarely displayed.

New Orleans JazzFest; Plus, Glee Goes Gaga 2011

Recently, for example, the Dedalus Foundation, which I head, came across some questionable works claimed to be by the Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Motherwell that forensic testing revealed to contain deeply embedded layers of paint that had not come into use until well after the dates on the pictures, and that employed other materials and techniques foreign to Motherwell's practice.

Defending the Integrity of an Artist's Life's Work Jack Flam 2011

John E. Scofield looks back fondly on his three years as an assistant to the late abstract artist Robert Motherwell, but he says he wouldn't use an assistant himself for his paintings.

The Art Assembly Line Stan Sesser 2011