Robert Motherwell Paintings and Collages: A Catalogue Raisonné 1941 – 1991 Volume 3 - Flipbook - Page 528
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[ Study in Watercolor No. 5
(In Green and Blue)]
[ Study in Watercolor No. 6
(In Green and Blue)]
[ Untitled (Ochre, Black,
Green)]
Elegy to the Spanish Republic
1968
Acrylic, watercolor, and graphite on
paper
30¼ x 22 in. (76.8 x 55.9 cm)
1968
Acrylic, watercolor, and graphite on
paper
30½ x 22 in. (77.5 x 55.9 cm)
1968
Acrylic and charcoal on paper
30¾ x 22 in. (78.1 x 55.9 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper left: RM 68
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper right: RM 68
Recto, upper left: RM 68
artIst’s studIo number
d68-595
artIst’s studIo number
d68-596
artIst’s studIo number
p/d68-598
present owner
Marilyn and Charles Baillie
present owner
Private collection
present owner
Dedalus Foundation
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; Marilyn
and Charles Baillie, 2007
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991; private
collection, 2008
provenance
Dedalus Foundation, 1991
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paintings on pa p e r an d p a p e r b o a r d
InscrIptIons
Recto, upper left [painted over]: [RM]
1968
Acrylic (?) and graphite on paper
7¼ x 11½ in. (18.4 x 29.2 cm)
InscrIptIons
Recto, lower right [partially erased ]: RM
[68]
present owner
Unknown
provenance
Octavio Paz, 1972; unknown owner,
ca. 1998
comments
In 1972, Motherwell gave this small
Elegy to the poet Octavio Paz (1915–
1998). In a 1984 letter to Motherwell,
Paz described the work as an oil painting, but it was more likely done in
acrylic, which was Motherwell’s preferred painting medium at this time
(Dedalus Foundation Archives). We
have not been able to verify the medium,
as the current location of the work is
unknown.
